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Concerns have been raised by doctors regarding sight loss involving the use of nerf guns warning that they could cause irreversible damage to the eye.

Experts from Moorfields Eye Hospital in London have advised that toys, such as guns and blasters, from the nerf range could cause internal bleeding around the eye and blurred vision. 

The doctors refer to three patients they treated at the hospital, all of whom suffered from internal bleeding as a result of nerf gun injury. In one case, a 32 year old man was shot in the eye from eight meters by a child playing with a nerf gun. He suffered from blurred vision and a red eye. 

Earlier this year, a nine year old girl was hospitalised due to bleeding in her eye after sustaining injuries when shot by her brother who was playing with one of the toys at the time.

The first nerf product, a 4-inch polyurethane foam ball was developed by Twister inventor Reyn Guyer in 1969. It was introduced in 1970 by Parker Brothers as the world’s first indoor ball. By the year’s end millions had been sold.

Nerf is currently owned by Hasbro and most of the toys are a variety of foam based weaponry, with other Nerf products including balls for sports such as football, basketball and baseball. The most popular of the toys are the dart guns (referred to by Hasbro as ‘blasters’) that shoot foam ammunition. 

Currently, the guns are recommended for use by children aged 8 or over. Doctors are calling for the age limits to be reconsidered, and suggest that those who play with the guns should wear eye protection. There are concerns that nerf gun bullets travelling at speed could cause long term loss of vision if they come into contact with a human eye.  

Hasbro have stated that "product safety is of utmost concern... consumers must never aim nerf blasters at a person’s eyes or face, should only use the foam darts and foam rounds designed for specific nerf blasters and never modify darts or blasters."

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