KY's OD's & MD's Brawl.

“The Senate approved a bill Friday to allow optometrists to perform some surgical procedures on the eye and eyelid, brushing aside warnings from medical doctors who said optometrists are not qualified and could harm surgical patients,” according to Kentucky's Lexington Herald-Leader.

Custom Raid Nets $2.6 Millilon--not in Drugs, in Eyewear

“Customs has seized millions of dollars worth of fake sunglasses and reading glasses arriving from China,” according to a post on KABC Television's website. “ US Customs and Border Protection, also known as the CBP, seized nearly 10,000 pairs of counterfeit Givenchy sunglasses and 3,600 Giorgio Armani reading glasses at the Port of Los Angeles Feb. 2.” Those 13,600 pieces were valued at $2.6 million. The news show reported that “counterfeit glasses could be a danger to customers since they can shatter, cause eye injury, and may fail to provide UV protection.”

BBC Program Takes on Britain's Optometric Industry

"The daytime consumer programme [BBC One's Rip Off Britain], ...focused on what it claimed was the disproportionate price of spectacles compared to the price of manufacture...The programme took its findings on to the street to ask the public their opinions, which were negative. One patient exclaimed that the BBC’s findings made owners 'worse than bankers,' and another said spectacles were 'a blatant rip off.'" For more on the story, go to Optometry Today and BBC One. Is there a moral for American eye care professionals?