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Eye protection is protective gear for the eyes, and sometimes face, designed to reduce the risk of injury. Examples of risks requiring eye protection can include: impact from particles or debris , light or radiation , wind blast , heat , sea spray or impact from some type of ball or puck used in sports.
For the U.S. military, choices for such eye protection are listed on the Authorized Protective Eyewear List (APEL). [1] Ballistic eyewear including examples that meet APEL requirements are commercially available for anyone who wishes to buy it. The history of protective eyewear goes back to 1880 and extends through to World War I and the present.
The APEL also includes different styles to accommodate soldier preferences, with the goal of increasing the use of eye protection. Approved protective eyewear includes both military standard and commercial styles. [3] Soldiers serve in different situations with different types of risk for eye injury, from ballistic projectiles.
The pliable shroud provides total protection on all sides of your eyes—perfect for liquid and chemical splashes—and is still soft enough to place minimal pressure on your face.
A Turkish nazar boncuğu Eye beads or nazars – amulets against the evil eye – for sale in a shop.. A naẓar (from Arabic نَظَر , meaning 'sight', 'surveillance', 'attention', and other related concepts), or an eye bead is an eye-shaped amulet believed by many to protect against the evil eye.
Inuit goggles made from caribou antler with caribou sinew for a strap Inuit snow goggles from Alaska.Made from carved wood, 1880–1890 (top) and Caribou antler 1000–1800 (bottom)