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A New York teen lost vision in his left eye moments after powering up a "defectively designed," Chinese-made laser pointer he purchased on Amazon, according to a lawsuit against the retail behemoth.
These conclusions must be qualified with recent theoretical observations that certain prescription medications may interact with some wavelengths of laser light, causing increased sensitivity (phototoxicity). Beyond the question of physical injury to the eye from a laser pointer, several other undesirable effects are possible.
Reported injuries mostly entail eye pain or irritation, flash blindness and afterimages or an unspecified eye injury. It’s rare for a laser strike to cause retinal damage or long-term injuries.
On August 6, 5 off-duty police officers arrested Baptist University student union president Keith Fong Chung-yin after he purchased 10 laser pointers in Sham Shui Po for possession of "offensive weapons". Fong said he would use the pointers for stargazing, but police described them as “laser guns” whose beams could cause eye injuries.
Photic retinopathy is damage to the eye's retina, particularly the macula, from prolonged exposure to solar radiation or other bright light, e.g., lasers or arc welders.The term includes solar, laser, and welder's retinopathy and is synonymous with retinal phototoxicity. [1]
Pointing a laser at a pilot can obscure their vision and disorient them, which can increase risk to passengers as well, according to the FAA. Pilot blindly lands plane after eyes are damaged by ...
Flash blindness is an either temporary or permanent visual impairment during and following exposure of a varying length of time to a light flash of extremely high intensity, such as a nuclear explosion, flash photograph, lightning strike, or extremely bright light, i.e. a searchlight, laser pointer, landing lights or ultraviolet light. [1]
Nick Jonas bolted off stage during a Jonas Brothers concert in Prague on Tuesday night after a laser pointer was aimed at his head, causing the show to be stopped for several minutes.. Footage of ...