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Ultraviolet radiation is damaging to the eye because

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Ultraviolet radiation is damaging to the eye because


  1. the heat produced as it is absorbed distorts the cornea.
  2. it causes an increase in the pressure in the eyeball which results in glaucoma.
  3. the energy of the radiation destroys the cones in the fovea.
  4. The energy of ultraviolet radiation is mainly absorbed in the lens which harms the cells.

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D: UV radiation is absorbed by the eye lens and the energy of the absorbed photons can break the bonds between atoms. 

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