The most effective protection against UV radiation is next to the Avoid the sun, protective clothing, supplemented by a sunscreen for the naked skin. For the consumer it was previously not easy, however, UV-protective clothing and to determine how effective the chosen garment UV radiation actually divert. That should now change. Security will bring a new seal, with the clothing is marked, the new EU standard.

A small, yellow sun shows the buyer, that the chosen piece of clothing a light protection factor of at least 40 and thus also has wet or severely stretched in front of harmful UV radiation protection.

But do we need such a seal, anyway? The popular view is widespread, clothing, regardless of the material and what kind manufactured, no matter whether wet or dry, always very well protected against UV radiation. Indeed there are very big differences: Most synthetic fibers protect much better than cotton. A wet T-shirt has only a fraction of protection against ultraviolet rays, which it had in the dry state. A UV-protective seal that is absolutely makes sense.

“The adequate protection from UV radiation is the face of rising skin cancer rates worldwide one of the most important preventive measures in the field of dermatology,” stresses Dr. Klaus Hoffmann, of the Department of Dermatology at St. Joseph Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, together with colleagues in the development of the stamp has cooperated. Together with physicists, technologists textile and clothing manufacturers from across Europe have dermatologists standardized measurement methods for UV protection of textiles developed: The EU standard EN 13758-1 specifies how the permeability of UV radiation measured and the sun protection factor should be calculated. EN 13758-2, Part Two of the EU standards, determines which pieces of clothing as needed to be marked so that consumers UV-protective clothing when shopping also can easily identify. The seal will only garments with a sun protection factor of at least 40 (40 +) have. “This is a sufficient protection against sunburn, even under extreme conditions,” said Hoffmann. Apart from the small, yellow sun finds the buyer the standard number, and the sun protection factor 40 + in the reprinted stamp. Now the textile manufacturers in the train