Speaking of eye care

[9thmoon]

The latest trend in Nanny Laws -
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1153AP_Colored_Contacts.html

Thursday, October 27, 2005 ? Last updated 12:33 p.m. PT

Bill would regulate colored contact lenses

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- Contact lenses that can change brown eyes to blue, and a host of other colors, would have to be dispensed through eye-care professionals under a bill on its way to President Bush.

The legislation puts cosmetic and novelty contact lenses under the regulating power of the Food and Drug Administration, even in cases when the lenses don't correct for poor vision.

Rep. John Boozman, R-Ark., who was an optometrist before becoming a lawmaker, said the action comes just before a spike in sales that occurs when Halloween shoppers look to add colored contacts to their costumes.

"With Halloween upon us, it is important that we bring attention to the fact that colored contact lenses are being sold without any instruction on how to safely use them," he said in a statement after the House passed the bill on Wednesday.

The legislation, already approved in the Senate, would require people to see an eye-care professional to get fitted for the lenses and to be instructed in their use and care. Customers could purchase the lenses from their eye-care professionals or through online vendors.

Optometrists have warned that misuse or sharing of contacts lenses can lead to infections, abrasions, allergic reaction or blindness.

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I'm surprised that the AP article didn't mention that they're a HOMELAND SECURITY RISK!
Next on the chopping block, artificial hair colour!

[Lloyd Danforth]

Yah...they just want to make sure we use them safely....Yah.....sure....uh huh......

[Russell Kanning]

But will the homeland be secure?

[9thmoon]

But will the homeland be secure?

If people with brown eyes are allowed to have green eyes, the terrorists have won.