/oss/taxonomy/term/7172/all en /oss/article/medical-you-asked/go-goggles-risks-opening-your-eyes-underwater <hr /> <p><em>This article was first published in</em> <a href="https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-facts-and-fiction-of-physiological-phenomena-volume-ii/"><em>The Skeptical Inquirer.</em></a></p> <hr /> <p>If you’ve ever forgotten your goggles and decided to make like a fish and open your eyes underwater, you may have been putting yourself at greater risk than you realize. Indeed, opening your eyes underwater increases the risk of a few types of eye irritation and damage.</p> Fri, 20 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0000 Ada McVean M.Sc. 9690 at /oss