Now the newspaper is prattling on about the "circle lenses" rage.

Are the lenses inherently unsafe? According to a Korea Herald business story from 2008, they make up "30 percent of the nation`s contact lens market" in Korea, and the Korean unit of Bausch & Lomb was thinking about introducing its own line. Another safety data point—one that I wouldn't rely on—comes from this windy first-person content-farm piece about a negative reaction to the lenses.

I wait with saucer-size eyes for the Times to resolve the question with a nonbogus trend piece. Maybe in the health pages of the Science Times section?

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