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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, March 6, 1970
Safest Way to Watch Eclipse Next
Saturday Will Be on Television Set
The safest way to watch the
solar eclipse on March 7 Is hy
viewing the phenomenon on
television, State SchoolSuper-
intendent CraigPhlllipsadvis
ed school children this week.
Paul Taylor, director of the
Division of Science Education
for the Department of Public In
struction, said, "Sunglasses,
smoked glass, exposed photo
graphic film, and welder’s
goggles are not safe for watch
ing the eclipse. Only by indirect
methods, such as television,
or 1 y the indirect pinhole meth
od can the eclipse be observed
wltliout damage to the eyes."
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Thousands of handbills were
mailed to each school system
last week to advise children
and their parents of possible
eye damage while watching tlie
eclipse direct. The National
Society for the Prevention of
Blindness, Inc., and other
agencies are cooperating in ad
vising the general public.
Taylor said the danger of the
retinal burn comes from the
invisible infrared rays which
penetrate light filters and in
stantaneously damage eyes.
The retina is not sensitive to
pain, henceforth, the victim
might not Immediately be
aware of eye damage. Retinal
burns are incurable and destroy
the field of fine vision.
In 1959, 170 people (mostly
school children), suffered per-
-manent damage to the sight of
one or both eyes. In 1963, one-
half of the country’s ophthalmo-
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legists reported 247 cases ot
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"Teachers and parents
should caution children as to
Uie possible dangers. Without
question the safest method for
viewing the solar eclipse is by
watching it on television,’’
Phillips said.
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