Dangers of 'eye candy'

Just a couple of weeks after the GOC introduced a new booklet on the dangers of wearing illegally sold contact lenses http://www.opticianonline.net/Articles/2011/06/24/27828/GOC+warns+of+risks+of+illegal+lens+sales.html?key=GOC, here's a short video from the US that really adds to the argument http://www.wpix.com/news/wpix-contact-lens-eye-damage,0,7424125.story?track=rss. It concerns a teenage girl in New York who fell asleep while wearing tinted lenses she bought at a local beauty store and now needs a corneal graft in one eye. She had been told it was okay to use tap water with the lenses. This is described as a dangerous trend, with several cases a month at the US hospital. If ever there was an argument for proper contact lens fitting and instruction on how to look after them it's here.