A third of the children’s sunglasses bought from online marketplaces including Amazon, AliExpress, eBay and Temu can’t provide the eye protection required and are unsafe for children to wear, claims Which? following its latest investigations into the sunglasses marketplace.
As part of the research, investigators purchased 20 pairs of sunglasses from six online sellers and put them through “standard lab-based tests”. Two pairs were said to “let through too much ultraviolet light (UV), which could damage a child’s eyes”.
On five pairs – including one with “dangerously low UV protection” – researchers found “significant differences between the amount of protection provided by one lens compared to the other”.
“Good glasses have the same level of protection across both lenses” – claims Which? – which also found that “all the kids’ sunglasses bought from marketplaces were missing key information, labels and markings required for them to be sold in the UK legally”.
Visit the Which? website for more information about the investigation.
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