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October Was Eye Injury Prevention Month

November 4, 2013
Every year 2.5 million Americans suffer eye injuries - and nine out of 10 are preventable if proper eye protection was worn. You might be thinking that employers should be fined for allowing so many eye injuries on the job, but you'd be mistaken. Most eye injuries today happen at home, and if they don't, they happen on the athletic fields and in parks.

Since October was Eye Injury Prevention Month, Steve Nash, TOMF Executive Director, sat down with Tucson Ophthalmologist Whitney Lynch, DO for some answers. Click here to read the interview.

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