Paintballs Can Cause ‘Devastating’ Eye Injuries

Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Javier Plumey on 21-01-2009

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Paintballs Can Cause ‘Devastating’ Eye Injuries: “Paintballs can cause severe and ‘visually devastating’ eye injuries, especially when used in unsupervised settings without proper eye protection, reports a study in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.”

(Via ScienceDaily: Latest Science News.)

File this in the ‘Duh!’ category please? I remember I went paintballing once with a good friend. He was getting married and apparently thought it was a good idea to place his face, and other useful parts of his body, in jeopardy. Thankfully, no one was hurt. Still, does it take a genius to figure this out?