Welding and contact lenses: A recurring rumor refuted
Firefighters who do welding in maintenance shops or rescue situations have to take standard precautions. But they need not worry that an electrical arc will fuse their contact lenses to their corneas.
"That rumor's been around for 15 or 20 years. It seems to crop up every spring," says Charlotte Rancilio, a spokeswoman for the American Optometric Association in Chicago.
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