He aha tātou e hiahia ai ki ngā maru UV?

I tēnei āhuarangi e huri haere tonu ana, he mea nui kia tiakina tātou i ngā hihi kino o te rā, arā, ko ngā maru UV. Nō reira, kua piki haere te rongonui o ngā maru UV i waenga i te hunga e hiahia ana ki te tiaki i a rātou anō i ngā hihi kino o te rā. Engari he aha rawa te maru UV, ā, he aha tātou i hiahia ai ki tētahi?

He mea hanga motuhake ngā maru UV hei ārai i ngā hihi ultraviolet (UV) kino o te rā. He rerekē ki ngā maru tuku iho, he mea hanga noa iho hei whakamarumaru i te ua, he mea hanga ngā maru UV ki te papanga motuhake e tuku ana i ngā whakatauranga UPF (ultraviolet protection factor). Ko te tikanga ka taea e rātou te whakarato i te tiaki pai ake mai i ngā hihi kino o te rā ki te whakaritea ki ngā maru noa.

Nā, he aha tātou i hiahia ai ki ngā maru UV? Āe, e ai ki te American Academy of Dermatology, ko te mate pukupuku kiri te momo mate pukupuku tino noa i te United States, ā, ko te nui rawa o te pānga ki ngā hihi UV o te rā tētahi o ngā tino take. Inaa, kotahi i roto i te rima o ngā Amerikana ka pāngia e te mate pukupuku kiri i roto i ō rātou oranga. Koia te mea nui kia tiakina tātou i a tātou anō mai i te rā, inā koa i ngā wā tino pīrahi o te rā (i waenga i te 10 i te ata me te 4 i te ahiahi).

Engari ehara i te mea ko te mate pukupuku kiri anake hei āwangawanga mā tātou. Ka taea hoki e te pānga o te hihi UV te whakararu i te koroheketanga o mua, te werawera o te rā, me te kino o ngā kanohi. Koia te mea nui kia mahi i ngā mahi hei tiaki i a tātou mai i ngā hihi kino o te rā, ā, ka taea e te maru UV te āwhina.

Ehara i te mea ko ngā maru UV anake te mea e tiaki ana i ngā pānga kino o te rā, engari he huarahi huatau, whai hua hoki hei noho mātao, hei noho whakamarie hoki i ngā rā wera me ngā rā paki. He tino pai mō ngā huihuinga o waho pērā i te pikiniki, ngā kōnohete, me ngā kēmu hākinakina, ā, he pai hoki mō te whakamahi i ia rā.

He maha ngā momo me ngā tae o ngā maru UV, nō reira he mea hei whakatutuki i ngā hiahia me ngā manakohanga katoa. Ka taea e koe te whiriwhiri mai i te pango taketake, ngā tae kanapa me te māia, tae atu ki ngā tauira me ngā tānga ngahau. Kei ētahi maru UV hoki ngā tikanga whakatuwhera me te kati aunoa, kia māmā ai te whakamahi me te kawe haere.

Hei tāpiritanga, he pai mō te taiao, he pumau hoki ngā maru UV. Mā te whakamahi i te maru UV hei utu mō te pare rā ka taea te whakamahi, ka taea e koe te whakaiti i tō tapuwae waro me te āwhina ki te tiaki i te taiao. Ā, he rerekē ki te pare rā, e hiahiatia ana kia pania anō i ia haora torutoru, ka whakaratohia e te maru UV he tiaki tonu mai i ngā hihi kino o te rā.

I te nuinga o te wā, he maha ngā take e hiahia ana tātou ki tētahi maru UV. Mai i te tiaki i ō tātou kiri me ō tātou kanohi ki te noho mātao me te whakamarie, he maha ngā painga o tētahi maru UV. Nō reira, he aha e kore ai e hoko i tētahi i tēnei rā, ka tīmata ki te pārekareka ki ngā painga maha o te tiaki UV? Ka mihi tō kiri (me te taiao) ki a koe!