EyeconX Ideas! - September is Sports Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month http://ideas.eyeconx.net/story.php?title=september-is-sports-eye-health-and-safety-awareness-month While most vision problems are natural or genetic, some are the result of injury and accident.Eye injuries are the leading cause of blindness in school-age, and most of those injuries are sports related.According to the National Eye Institute, there are more than 100,000 sports related eye injuries every year with 42,000 requiring emergency room care.In fact, U.S. emergency rooms treat a patient w... Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:42:57 EDT en