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In a new Spanish study, researchers are warning that taking shade under a beach umbrella may offer far less protection from harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun than you might expect. Beach umbrellas let as much as 34 percent of ultraviolet radiation penetrate through to the ground, the researchers, from the University of Valencia, found. Ultraviolet radiation is known to cause skin cancer and cataracts. Umbrellas catch almost all of the direct light rays but not the diffused radiation...

UV light-enhanced tooth bleaching is not only a con, but is dangerous to your eyes and skin, says a Royal Society of Chemistry journal.The light treatment gives absolutely no benefit over bleaching without UV, and damages skin and eyes up to four times as much as sunbathing, reports a study in Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences.Those looking to match Tom Cruise's glittering pearly-whites would be better off ignoring claims of better bleaching with UV light treatment.The treatment is...