WARNING???? Prop 65 Now Affects Your Eyes!!!
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Ronald Regan is famous for saying it is terrifying to hear , "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you." Let's see how helpful Governor Gerry Brown was to vision care in May of 2015! |
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All of California's eye docs are now subject to Prop 65 too! Just like stores that sell any plastic products. Proposition 65 requires that CA businesses must go to an added expense and inform you of some 900 products that a CA agency deems carcinogenic.
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), deems the below optical products may cause cancer, birth defects or reproductive harm:
1. Plastic eyeglass frames
2. Polycarbonate lenses
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), deems the below optical products may cause cancer, birth defects or reproductive harm:
1. Plastic eyeglass frames
2. Polycarbonate lenses
Recently, a chemical known as bisphenol A, BpA, was added to this list. BpA as many of you know, is found almost everywhere – food containers, compact discs and DVDs, bicycle helmets and electronic equipment. At your optometrist’s office, it’s found in trace amounts in some plastic eyeglass frames and in polycarbonate, lenses, a very common lens used in eyeglasses. With only trace amounts of BpA detected in a polycarbonate lens and plastic eyewear frame, How much exposure are you really getting? The studies have shown that most exposure to BpA is largely ingested and that any exposure through skin contact is negligible.
What does this mean for us spectacle lovers? First of all, polycarbonate lenses are placed inside your frame and has virtually no contact to your face (unless you bought a pair of rimless frames that sit directly on your cheeks.) [Editor's note: our office knows how to help you select a rimless frame that does not touch your cheeks and further can adjust them to avoid the contact. If any frame you may desire could not avoid cheekbone touch, we would warn you.] Secondly, polycarbonate lenses and plastic frames have been widely used for decades, with no direct correlation to an increase in health problems. Lastly, there is not enough research to indicate how much exposure you are truly getting from skin contact. If you’re in the habit of chewing on your plastic frames or licking your lenses, then obviously, you’d want to stop that, if not for the fact that that’s a weird and unhygienic habit.
So, what should you do? Most of the eye care industry is not flummoxed by this recent change in consumer warning. But if you are concerned, there are plenty of other optically superior, thinner and more lightweight lenses available on the market. And instead of plastic frames, choose a titanium or plant based (wood or bamboo) frame instead. Ask your optometrist, there are plenty of other options available on the market. And lastly, buy reputable frames and lenses with known quality, whose manufacturer you can directly contact if you have specific questions regarding manufacturing and ingredients.
For further reading, please visit the links below.
http://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65 https://www.thevisioncouncil.org/members/california-prop-65
So, what should you do? Most of the eye care industry is not flummoxed by this recent change in consumer warning. But if you are concerned, there are plenty of other optically superior, thinner and more lightweight lenses available on the market. And instead of plastic frames, choose a titanium or plant based (wood or bamboo) frame instead. Ask your optometrist, there are plenty of other options available on the market. And lastly, buy reputable frames and lenses with known quality, whose manufacturer you can directly contact if you have specific questions regarding manufacturing and ingredients.
For further reading, please visit the links below.
http://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65 https://www.thevisioncouncil.org/members/california-prop-65
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PS:
In other words the State of CA doesn't want you to eat your plastic frames or polycarbonate lenses!, and we have to tell you not to do that.! |
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