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Just how far is California willing to go in their quest to save the entire planet? Just recently the state placed on a ban on plastic drinking straws, and now one publication suspects that contact lenses could be next!
“Billions of contact lenses get flushed down the drain every year in the U.S., and researchers from Arizona State University have discovered it takes more than a week for the lenses to even begin to disintegrate, according to research detailed in Scientific American.
Why it matters: Given that most lenses would not spend much longer than a week in a waste facility, the researchers estimate that as much as 50,000 pounds of lenses end up in sewage and up to about 28,000 pounds of that ends up in the dirt, where it could possibly carry contaminants.”
WIBC host Tony Katz covered the story on his afternoon broadcast Tuesday:
“You know it’s only a matter of time before you are told that contact lenses are the problem with civilization and the politicians in California lead the charge to have them banned.”
Click the link below to hear Tony’s full comments:
