Before the late total occultation we , and 1000 of other media outlets , could n’t stress enough how important it was to watch the eclipse safely , with the proper equipment . We even covered how in the feeler to the eclipse , some atrocious mass set about sellingfake solar glassesto make a immediate buck , and how the consequences are alas very veridical for some people . Well , it looks like there might be some effectual consequences for Amazon , which was one of the site these glasses could be receive online .
A US couplet has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the tech behemoth , claiming that Amazon did“tragically too little , too late”when it descend to discourage people they had been sold false glasses . The case was file in a US Federal Court in South Carolina last Tuesday .
Amazon has not commented on this case yet but , before the occultation , it did claim to have emailed customers who bought Cartesian product whose manufacturing was not verifiable to let them know of a recall . It is unclear how many people bought counterfeit glasses and Amazon did not disclose the list of vendors that furnish them to the public . Theonline retail merchant claimedthat specific brand or mathematical product could n’t be named because existent solar methamphetamine hydrochloride were possibly listed under the same name .
Corey Payne and Kayla Harris , the couple who filed the case , say that they had not been meet regarding the recollection . In the hours after the occultation , the duet said they both experienced visual impairment and vexation after they watched the eclipse using the glasses they bought online . The couple hopes to map other customers that also did n’t get an appropriate word of advice from Amazon . They want the technical school giant star to cover the aesculapian monetary value of eye checks for the masses involve .
Watching an occultation without proper eye shelter could lead to serious and permanent eye harm . Several multitude after the eclipse suffered from sore eyes and glaze over vision . These are usual effects ofsolar retinopathy , a status where your retina develops a chemical burn due to too much direct sunlight .
Other symptom include seeing objects in the wrong colors , your visual modality becoming garble , and produce unsighted situation . Even soft solar retinopathy might have symptoms that can persist for weeks , if not months . And in the most serious cases , the condition might become permanent . Please do n’t bea fooland look directly into the Sun .
[ H / T : BBC News ]
