Sunscreen Blinding Hoax

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This is a hoax. For more information see:
http://www.snopes.com/toxins/sunscree.htm or
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa070898.htm
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To my friends with children or soon to have children....this was
passed on to me by my best friend who works for Boeing in
Seattle, his own true story...FYI.

I wanted to tell you a story about a very serious thing. We still
use sun screen on our whole family, but we are more cautious
now. I tell you this only to make you more aware and use
caution. When Zack was 2 years old I put on the waterproof
sun screen like I always had.I don't know how but he got some
in his eyes. Most likely from his hands. It happens so easily at
that age or any age really.He started screaming!! So I tried to
flush it out with water. But guess what? Didn't matter . . .
Remember *WATERPROOF.* So I just held him and let he
cry, thinking the salty tears would flush it all out. But it got
worse. I called the poison control center. They told me to
RUSH Zack to ER NOW!! I was surprised. I got him there and
they rushed me back without a second to spare. They started
flushing his eyes out with special medications. Anyway, I
found out for the first time that MANY kids each year lose their
sight to waterproof sun screen. It burns the eye and they lose
complete sight.!!! I was appalled. I could not believe the sun
screen we use to help keep our kids safe from skin cancer can
make them go blind!

Well I made a big stink about it. I wrote the sun screen
company and they admitted to the problem but they said
something to the fact that the seriousness of getting skin cancer
is much worse then the chance of going blind. I think it's wrong
if just one child goes blind!

They should change ingredients or should at least have a huge
warning on it. But they claim that if you put a huge warning on
it then parents won't use it due to fear. I kind-of get that but
there needs to be a change. We did this huge article in our big
city and went on the news warning parents. Education along
with the importance of using it.

Well anyway Zack did go blind for 2 days, it was horrible. So
please be careful!!! Don't stop using sun screen, just be very
careful your children don't touch there eyes for at least 15-20
minutes after you put it on!! And if your child does get it in
his/her eyes then get to the emergency room at once!