1. What did a survey conducted by Vision Council, a trade group for makers of eye care products, find about the lengthy viewing of various digital screens?

2. What are the symptoms of "digital eye strain"?

3. a) What is the difference between an ophthalmologist and an optometrist? Be specific.
b) How does ophthalmologist Dr. Joshua Dunaief explain why people experience eye problems associated with screen viewing?
c) What solution does Dr. Dunaief recommend?

4. How much time did survey respondents report they spent looking at screens per day?

5. Why does optometrist Justin Bazan say people put up with this eye discomfort?

6. What possible solutions to eye strain are listed in the article?

7. StudentNewsDaily deleted the following paragraphs from the article as  speculation and possible fear-mongering:

More controversially, the Vision Council promoted the idea that blue light emitted by screens could lead to age-related macular degeneration and cataracts.

Studies of over 800 Chesapeake Bay watermen in the 1980s and 1990s showed that fishermen, who are exposed to direct and reflected sunlight for many hours per day over years, had an increased risk of later eye disease. Subsequent analysis showed that light of 400-500 nanometers in wavelength, so called blue light (as well as some other wavelengths) was implicated.

More recent laboratory research of eye cells in dishes has suggested that intense blue light can create eye damage due to oxidation, or free radicals.

But Dunaief, who has studied this effect, said “I have not seen any conclusive evidence that levels of light you expect to see from a computer would cause” eye damage. But, he added, “we do not know that exposure to bright computer screens or light on sunny days over many years is without risk.”

What motive might Vision Council, a trade group for makers of eye care products, have for conducting a survey that shows lengthy use of digital devices can lead to eye problems (and for making the assertions about blue light)?

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