Saturday, August 19, 2017
Make Sure Eclipse Glasses are ISO Verified
Please be careful if you got Solar Eclipse glasses to make sure they are ISO verified otherwise you run the risk of damaging your eyesight for good. Google it and the 5 brands that are the only ones that are ISO cerified. There are many solar eclipse glasses that were sold and advertised as IOS certified and are not. If you use glasses that are not actually ISO certified you could damage your eyes or go blind. Please forward this message to everyone you know. (Submitted )
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As an Optometrist , I want to express concern that I have about the solar eclipse on Monday, Aug 21. There are serious risks associated with viewing a solar eclipse directly, even when using solar filter glasses. Everyone should keep in mind if they or their children are considering this.
ReplyDeleteWe have to keep in mind that some people will encounter the inability to control every aspect of this exercise. For instance, many solar eclipse glasses are made for adults, do not fit children well and should not be used without direct parental supervision. If the solar glasses do not filter out 100% of the harmful UV rays, if they are not used absolutely perfectly, or should there be a manufacturing defect in any of them, this will result in permanent and irreversible vision loss for any eye exposed. Just like sunburn to the skin, the effects are not felt or noticed immediately. I have a great fear that I will have patients in my office on Tuesday, Aug 22 who woke up with hazy, blurry vision that I cannot fix.
The biggest danger with children is ensuring proper use without direct parental supervision. As the eclipse passes over many places, including Columbus, the moon will not block 100% of the sun. Because so much of its light is blocked by the moon, if one looks at it without full protection, it does not cause pain as looking at the sun does on a regular day. Normally if you try to look at the sun, it physically hurts and you can't see anything. During an eclipse, however, it is easier to stare for a bit....and even less than 30 seconds of exposure to a partially eclipsed sun, you can burn a blind spot right to your most precious central vision. With solar glasses you can't see ANYTHING except the crescent of light of the sun. Kids could have a tendency to want to peak around the filter to see what is actually going on up there. One failure, just one, where education and supervision fail, will have such a devastating consequence.
Please, please be safe, or watch it on television if you do not have proper protection.
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ISO or IOS? Make up your mind!
ReplyDeleteAnybody know where the glasses are in stock? Can't find anything.
ReplyDeleteLakewood Location
DeleteFor ISO certified
Eclipse Glasses
Sunday
315 lawrence ave. From 10:00am- 1:00pm and 7:00pm- 11:00pm
NPGS giving them out if you spend $100
ReplyDeleteTo all those who doubled or tripled their prices from last week -- please know that you are in violation of the dina demalchusa dina regulation forbidding the activity called "price gouging".
ReplyDeleteIt is also very unfair to take advantage of your fellow community members in such an abhorrent & greedy manner.
You are also likely transgressing the aveirah of charging ona'ah & you should immediately inquire as to the proper method of doing teshuvah!
I dont think you know the law or halacha how is there onaa or price gauging please enlighten me(no pun intended)
DeleteIs using a mirror ok?
ReplyDeleteIt's not onaa if the item becomes scarce
ReplyDeleteI just got E-clippsed ב"ה
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