Hi, I am a parent of a 5-year-old kid who loves playing with laser toys and guns. Recently, my cousin warned us that laser toys could cause blindness in children and even in adults. Is this true?

MINEOLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- Changes may be coming to your children's favorite toys. The Food and Drug Administration is announcing new crackdowns and regulations involving "laser" toys. As CBS 2's ...

Laser toys and pointers may be fun for children to play with, but when used carelessly, the powerful light they emit can cause serious eye injuries or blindness.“A beam shone directly into a person’s ...

A 15-year old boy ordered a handheld laser pointer online. He wanted it to pop balloons from a distance and play around with, this included burning holes into paper cards and his sister’s shoes.

Laser toys and pointers may be fun for children to play with, but when used carelessly, the powerful light they emit can cause serious eye injuries or blindness.“A beam shone directly into a person’s ...

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Expect to see some laser mice that aren't made by Logitech sometime in the very near future. Logitech's exclusive deal with Agilent, the company which makes the more sensitive and accurate laser ...

Unlike an optical mouse (which uses an LED light to track movement closer to the surface), a laser mouse actually penetrates deeply into the material below it while tracking. As a result, the best ...

You can blame it on lightsabers or Bond villains, but there's something pretty empowering and flat-out fun about using lasers. Especially when you don't really need one. Stop those sniveling children ...

The mouse model of laser-induced choroidal neovascularization (CNV) has been used extensively in studies of the exudative form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This experimental in vivo ...