Eye scare in China as contact lens solution is taken off shelves

[doumeizhen]

(I would comment, but I am too horrified to speak!)

Eye scare in China as contact lens solution is taken off shelves

Beijing Today: Chen Shasha (06/11/03 23:59)

http://bjtoday.ynet.com/article.jsp?oid=17025997

Four kinds of contact lens solutions, three China-made and one US-made, were found to contain mildew that could damage users eyesight in an investigation by the Beijing Health Bureau this week.

Shops have been told to take the solutions off their shelves, according to Li Yang, vice director of the Beijing Health Bureau. On Tuesday, Shanghai Hydron Contact Lens Company, one of the four companies producing the banned solutions, apologized on their website and claimed to have recalled all the mildew-infected contact lens solutions produced on October 27. Alcon Company also claimed Wednesday that they would recall all their solutions and refund customers.

The four solutions include Hai Chang multifunctional contact lens solution produced by the Shanghai Hydron Contact Lens Company with the product code 20051027, Bao Shining protein clean up contact lens solution produced in Guangzhou with the product code 2005/09/18, Liangjie protein clean up contact lens solution produced in Beijing with the product code 06030015 and Alcon Opti-Free Express produced by US firm Alcon with the product code 63188F.

[gougou]

the product code 20051027 ... the product code 2005/09/18

It's reassuring that it only took them a little more than a year to find out...

[Hero Doug]

Thanks for the info, I'll make sure my girlfriend checks her solution.

and

It's reassuring that it only took them a little more than a year to find out