Readers urged to join fun lens safety project

European body Euromcontact is conducting a research project on the potential eye health risks of plano cosmetic contact lenses by testing them against EU standards for product safety.

The European federation of national associations and international manufacturers of contact lenses and care products is encouraging practitioners to buy plano lenses (and the solution supplied with the lenses) from unfamiliar manufacturers and unregulated suppliers and send them for assessment. This is part of its initiative to have the lenses included as medical devices under the EC Medical Devices Directive. The results will be presented to the European Commission in advance of the review of the Medical Devices Directive.