Eminyakeni yakamuva, ngokusheshisa kokuthuthuka kwezimboni, ithonya lomuntu kwimvelo yemvelo liyakhula, okwenza umphumela wokuvikela ungqimba lwe-ozone uthambekele ekwehleni. Ukuqina kwemisebe ye-ultraviolet efinyelela ebusweni bomhlaba ekukhanyeni kwelanga kuyanda, okusongela ngqo impilo yabantu. Empilweni yansuku zonke, ukuze kuncishiswe ukonakala kwemisebe ye-ultraviolet esikhunjeni, Abantu kufanele bagweme ukuvezwa yilanga futhi baphume phakathi nesikhathi sokushiswa yilanga emini, bagqoke okokuvikela, futhi basebenzise izimonyo zesikrini phambi kokuvikelwa yilanga, phakathi kwabo , ukusetshenziswa kwezimonyo zesikrini selanga kuyindlela esetshenziswa kakhulu yokuvikela i-UV, kungavimbela ukukhanya kwelanga okubangelwe i-erythema kanye nokulimala kokuqina, ukuvimbela noma ukunciphisa ukulimala kwe-DNA, Ukusetshenziswa njalo kwezimonyo zesikrini selanga nakho kungavimbela ukulimala kwesikhumba ngaphambi komdlavuza, kunganciphisa kakhulu ukwenzeka komdlavuza welanga.