Six in seven contact lens wearers take unnecessary risks with their eyes
Rinsing or storing lenses in tap water is not a good idea
By
Aimee Cunningham
12:00pm, October 3, 2017
People in the United States who wear contact lenses share an eye-opening characteristic. Roughly 85 percent report regularly taking at least one risk when wearing or cleaning their lenses. In the Aug. 18 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describe results from a 2016 national survey of more than 6,000 people.
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