This has been discussed here several times search for contact lens set the time limit box to 999 to get them all. This is probably the post you want to find. http://aws.org/cgi-bin/mwf/topic_show.pl?id=2152#6521
Bill
Visit with your opthamologist, they can direct you to the College of Opthamology archives which documents eye injuries. That will be as straight a scoop as you will get.
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Date 09-05-2003 02:32
There is a safety information fact sheet available on the AWS site. Here is the link:
www.aws.org/technical/FACT-PDF.EXE/FACT-12.PDF
The key statement in this document is "the sum of all the research is this - wearing contact lenses poses no problem for welders in most normal situations".
Mankenberg