Eclipse spectators, take heed: The Illinois Division of Public Well being issued a recall alert Monday for a pair of eclipse glasses that had been offered on Amazon and several other Southern Illinois retailers.
On Amazon, the glasses are listed as “Biniki Photo voltaic Eclipse Glasses AAS Permitted 2024 — CE & ISO Licensed Secure Shades for Direct Solar Viewing (6 Packs),” in keeping with the department’s notice.
They’re additionally listed as a #1 bestseller on Amazon and had been nonetheless out there Monday afternoon because the eclipse started.
However the glasses doubtlessly don’t meet the ISO 12312-2 security commonplace — a designation by the Worldwide Group for Standardization (ISO) for glasses that make them secure to straight gaze on the solar with, in keeping with CBS Information.
Along with Amazon, the glasses had been offered at a handful of native retailers — a number of of which have posted notices on social media, per CBS.
Amazon didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from Enterprise Insider.
Clients are notified by Amazon if a product they’ve bought has been recalled.
“After we study of a recall, we cease all impacted product choices and maintain any associated inventory in our Achievement Facilities,” the corporate says on its web site. “We additionally contact prospects that purchased such merchandise and sellers that will have supplied such merchandise, to inform them in regards to the recall.”
