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It could happen to you. One minute you’re cleaning your oven...splitting a cord of wood in the backyard for your fireplace...using your new weedeater to root out the dandelions on your lawn. And then, in a split second, your precious gift of sight could be at risk—impaired, or lost forever.
The top of your oven cleaner malfunctions and you catch the spray in your face and eyes...a piece of steel chips off the log splitting wedge and bounces into your eye...a stone ejected by the weedeater bounces upwanl, flying into your left eye.
Each year, more than 1,300,000 people suffer eye iryuries—nearly half of them occurring in and around the home. Yet, 9 out of 10 tragic accidents like those described above—activities of everyday life—could be prevented if people guarded their eyes with appropriate eye protection.
“Though most of us like to think of our home as our castle, with the premises and the front door providing the security of the ‘drawbridge,’ today's
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“Potential hazards for your eyes lurk everywhere—in the home workshop, in the garden while pruning hedges and thorny rose bushes, in the kitchen while unclogging sink drains or performing other household cleaning chores using irritating or corrosive chemicals,” Carlomagno went on.
Protective goggles and glasses are easy to find, and are most Often available at hardware and variety stores. If you’re working with household clean
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