Sunburn through window

[Doog]

Can anyone confirm whether or not you can get sunburnt through windows at home or car windscreens.  Does double glazed windows make any difference.

[Clanad]

Window glass does a fairly decent job of screening the UV-B (burning) spectrum of light.  While other substances do a better job, enough is screened to usually prevent the chance of sunburn.  As for double pane windows, the more glass the better and tinted glass prevents even more. However, there are UV-B and UV-C rays as well.  UV-A type rays are emitted by the bulbs in tanning salons and can produce certain types of cancer. These, obviously, pass through glass, but don't usually burn. UV-C rays don't reach the earth's surface, since they are blocked by the ozone layer. The new generation or Low-E glass windows are superb and designed especially to inhibit the UV waves...

[gen2]

May I refer you to my comprehensive answer that I gave the last time this question was asked here.

[clarabel82]

you can get sunburnt because I got burned on my back on the way home from devon in the car.

[Peter Pedant]

and cover the olds as well.

my mother when she was about 135 yrs old managed to get heat stroke inside a house when she fell asleep in a sunny area