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Gamma rays and x-rays are deadly and would kill all life if not for the protection of the atmosphere. X-rays used for medicinal purposes are carefully controlled and used in limited exposures. Sunlight also arrives as rays and would also kill us without the atmosphere's filtering effect.

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Ultra Violet are the harmful rays from the Sun. They can cause skin cancer, wrinkles or Cataracts.

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Uv rays are such rays. They are fatal for life on earth.

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UV rays, that is why you wear sunscreen.

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Ultraviolet., rays , gamma rays

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gamma and neutron rays

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U.V. (Ultraviolet Rays) and Gamma Rays.

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solar wind

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UV rays are harmful rays of the sun. They are absorbed by the ozone layer.


What is the most harmful type of UV rays?

UV-C is the most harmful type of UV ray. It is the one absorbed by the ozone.


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