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Avatar 3D Glasses A Hygiene Risk, Italian Health Ministry Claims

First Posted: 04/21/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 04:35 PM ET

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Fans of the blockbuster "Avatar" applaud the film's use of 3D technology, but the Italian government believes it may also present a health risk.

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Fans of the blockbuster "Avatar" applaud the film's use of 3D technology, but the Italian government believes it may also present a health risk.
Fans of the blockbuster "Avatar" applaud the film's use of 3D technology, but the Italian government believes it may also present a health risk.
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stylembe
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04:14 AM on 02/22/2010
If you are italian, you've got to see this italian themed riff on Avatar, even if you are just a film buff,

http://stylembe.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/8
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Emucrat
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02:57 PM on 02/21/2010
Why should they care how of if they wash them when it costs money? Companies are the same everywhere, if they don't get caught, they will do it as long as possible. Now, the glasses have been confiscated, and that makes me think about the conditions in the less regulated United States.
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wilray
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06:25 AM on 02/20/2010
So Avatar is bad for your health. I knew it! ;-)
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Pete the pirate
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01:03 AM on 02/20/2010
Can europeans stop being such crisis thinking liberals? Thanks.
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06:19 PM on 02/19/2010
Theatre I went to washed the glasses after they were used.

All it takes is water and a little vinegar. I'm sure Italy can find vinegar somewhere.
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Krek
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06:01 PM on 02/19/2010
I just googled bing. Everything is fine. Yahoo!
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Krek
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06:03 PM on 02/19/2010
[Wrong thread. Excuse while I go and make this bad joke somewhere else]
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jsgaetano
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06:20 PM on 02/19/2010
Ask Jeeves.
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F4Phantom
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11:35 AM on 02/19/2010
The goggles you wear at tanning salons pose the same risk. You can get pinkeye, iritis, all sorts of eyeball nasties. Don't share eyewear!!!

Buy your own pair.
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FrTown
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03:53 PM on 02/19/2010
Don't they clean them after use? I know the Smithsonian does
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04:04 PM on 02/19/2010
I would want them in some kind of washing machine that uses high heat... but perhaps that would ruin the film over the "glass"....? This does give me the creeps to think some dank, pimply adolescent may have used them before me.
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