Contact Lenses and Electric Arcs

1. Cordrey P: Arc flash and the contact lens wearer-a modem myth. Eye I (4):3-4, 1977.

2. Kersley HJ: Arc flash and the contact lens wearer. Brit Med J 2(6087):639-640, 1977. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.2.6087.639-c

3. Novak JF, Saul RW: Contact lenses in Industry. J Occ Med 13(4):175-81, 1971. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00043764-197104000-00003

4. Ewing RC: New and improved safety programs challenge refiners. Oil Gas 171 (38):72-76, 1973.

5. Circular to employees of Thames Valley Water Authority from the Senior Resident Engineer, 16 July 1975, cited by Kersley.

6. Cullen AP, Chou BR, Egan DJ: lndustrial non-ionizing radiation and contact lenses. Can J Pub Health 73(4):251-254. 1982.

7. Cullen AP, Chou BR: Ocular hazards of arcing in-line high voltage switches. Presented at the American Academy of Optometry, New Orleans. Louisiana, December 1989.

8. Ahmedbhai N, Cullen AP: The influence of contact lens wear on the corneal response to ultraviolet radiation. Ophthal Physiol Opl 8: 183-9, 1988. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-1313.1988.tb01035.x

9. CuUen AP, Dumbleton KA, Chou BR: Contact lenses and acute expo­sure to ultraviolet radiation. Optom Vis Sci 30(6):407-11, 1989. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-9235.1989.tb02288.x

10. Cullen AP. Dumbleton KA, Doughty MJ: Protection by a UV-­absorbing RGP contact lens. Presented at the American Academy of Optometry, New Orleans, Louisiana, December, 1989.

11 . Authorities deny contact lenses fused to workers' eyes. Occupational Health and Safety Letter. August 22, 1983, p.8.

12. Contact lens rumour cleared up. Accident Prevention, January 1984, p.3.

13. Warning on blindness from arc welding found erroneous; hazard/alert. withdrawn. Occ Safety Health Reporter 12(43):926, 1983.

14. Contact lens alert is unfounded. The Maintainer 4(4):3, 1988.