Non-corrective contacts
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Lack of a prescription requirement for non-corrective, colored contact lenses and aggressive marketing tactics by some firms are cited as a threat to public health in a Sept. 15 letter to HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson from Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.). The congressmen seek Thompson's support for HR 2218 (co-sponsored by Waxman and Boozman), which would reverse FDA's April decision to regulate non-corrective contacts as cosmetics instead of devices, and ask Thompson to investigate marketing practices for the products (1"The Gray Sheet" Aug. 25, 2003, p. 8). The reps single out 2www.beWild.com for providing the lenses to teenagers without instructions or risk warnings and maintain that "it is imperative that these sales be halted as quickly as possible"...