Stop Myopia. Let the Sun Shine

In an op-ed article for the New York Times, Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang explain how and why scientists have come to believe that the lack of exposure to sunlight is causing a rise in myopia. For example, they note: "a 2007 study by scholars at Ohio State University found that, among American children with two myopic parents, those who spent at least two hours per day outdoors were four times less likely to be nearsighted than those who spent less than one hour per day outside." Linda Conlin, founder of OpticalCEU's, presented an accredited lecture about the same subject, "What's with Myopia?," at OpticalCEU's Fall 2010 seminar. She also cover the subject in Eyewitness magazine.