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Don’t make Aug 21 a blind date: Beware crap solar eclipse specs

You’ll be blinded by science, literally, if you put on fake glasses, boffins warn

The American Astronomical Society has warned that knockoff viewing glasses for this month’s total solar eclipse will blind people if they wear them while looking up at the spectacle.…

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/02/avoid_dodgy_solar_eclipse_glasses/