An estimated 7,000 pairs of 3D glasses have been confiscated from Italian cinemas because Italy's government considers the items to present a health risk.
An estimated 7,000 pairs of 3D glasses have been confiscated from Italian cinemas because Italy's government considers the items to present a health risk.
Italy's health ministry said it could collect more of the glasses, used to watch 3D films such as the recent blockbuster, Avatar, according to a Reuters report.
Ministry officials said the glasses posed hygiene problems if they were not properly cleaned between screenings. They also did not display tags showing that they had been properly tested to prove they would not present a risk of short-term vision problems to users.
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