Handheld Lasers a Public Health Risk
Pam Harrison
Aug 26, 2013
TORONTO, Ontario — Experts predict that, if left unregulated, handheld lasers purchased online could cause an epidemic of ocular injuries.
"These lasers are available, they are sold as toys, they're not expensive. Adolescents buy them and play with them," Fernando Arevalo, MD, professor of ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, in Baltimore, told Medscape Medical News.