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westmarch

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Unfortunate as this lady's circumstances are, she apparently was using protective solar glasses as millions have done over recent years without harm. For whatever reason, her eyesight suffered. As with many things in life, confidence in what you are doing and using the right quality equipment usually ensures safety. People die as a results of a nut allergy not knowing that they were at risk, several people unfortunately die each day in road accidents but we continue to have access to nuts and cars, the perceived risk is too low for most of us to forgo them. The same applies to solar eclipse viewing.

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Yes, this was very unfortunate as it resulted in tens of thousands of perfectly safe and validated solar "glasses" being binned by authorities not wanting to take the risk.

A well established solar forum who relied heavily on such sales for operational revenue were hard hit by this issue.

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1 hour ago, John said:

I've read about a supply of "fake" solar glasses flooding the USA in advance of the eclipse earlier this year. How low will some people stoop to make a few bucks :mad:

Probaly lower than that John, awful, some of the things that go on in this world we live, sadly there is low life everywhere.

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There is always a few chancers out there who do not give two monkeys about people's health. All there interested in is making money and from other people's misfortune.

I suppose the moral of the story is to buy your goods from a reputable source,this way you have far more chance of the goods being of the quality they should be? instead of cheap knockoffs 

 

 

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Yes I heard about the fake solar glasses that were being supplied in the US. I sent my Son the detailed report because he lives in California and is an eye specialist.

I also recall an incident following a Total Eclipse back in the early 2000s when a colleague's daughter went to Africa was given solar glasses that were not up to standard. Unfortunately I understand that she went blind.

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A tragic story, but perhaps a little misread?

She looked at the sun with unprotected eyes for a short while, then borrowed glasses from a complete stranger.
What could possibly go wrong?
Sorry but as a safety specialist, I see similar silly behaviour on a frighteningly regular basis.

I thoroughly feel for the poor girl and her circumstances but the message has been missed in the posts so far.

  • Do not look at the sun without 'suitable' eye protection.
  • Make sure any eye protection is to a recognised standard and marked that it is.
  • Only buy that eye protection from a legitimate vendor.
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