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FEARS FOR EYE HEALTH AS PEOPLE DROP TESTS.
(From The Journal)
THE credit crunch could mean more people lose their sight as they save cash by avoiding eye tests, a charity said yesterday.
Action for Blind People said one sight assessment every two years would cost only the equivalent of pounds 1 per month.
In a poll carried out for the charity by YouGov, more than a quarter of 2,350 adults asked had not had an eye test in the past two years, and 30% said cost was the reason.
Richard Tolson from Action for Blind People said: "It is understandable ...
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