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Sanda Jurja1, Mihaela Hîncu, Mihaela Amelia Dobrescu
1Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, "Ovidius" University, Constanta, Romania; jurjasanda@yahoo.com.
Abstract:
Vision is based on the sensitivity of the eye to visible rays of the solar spectrum, which allows the recording and transfer of visual information by photoelectric reaction. Any electromagnetic radiation, if sufficiently intense, may cause damages in living tissues. In a changing environment, the aim of this paper is to point out the impact of light radiation on ocular cells, with its phototoxicity potential on eye tissues. In fact, faced with light and oxygen, the eye behaves like an ephemeral aggregate of unstable molecules, like a temporary crystallization threatened with entropia.
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