Children's Eye Safety

Are your children's toys and play area hazardous to their eyes? Children are unpredictable, curious and inventive, and that can sometimes add up to trouble. Each year, toys and home playground equipment cause more than 11,000 injuries to young eyes.

Take the following steps to avoid playtime eye injuries:

• Avoid toys with sharp points, shafts, spikes, rods and sharp edges.

• Keep toys intended for older children away from young children

• Avoid flying toys or projectile-firing toys

• BB and pellet guns, bows and arrows, and darts are extremely dangerous. Do not give them to children!

For more information on children's eye safety, email us at info@preventblindness.org, contact us online, or call
1-800-331-2020.

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