Summary Fake eclipse glasses are hitting the market. Here's how to check if yours are safe to use. (Youtube) www.youtube.com
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Mark Margolis And then Chloe's putting together our pillow box product.
Dania Bacchus It's a busy time at Rainbow Symphony in Los Angeles. Mark Margolis' company is shipping out glasses for the solar eclipse. That's a couple of weeks away, but he's been making glasses for 2 years. How many glasses have you produced over, what, the last 2 Here's? 2 years.
Mark Margolis Really tens of millions of pair. Yeah. His glasses
Dania Bacchus that foreign companies are making fakes. The American Astronomical Society says 1 or more unidentified factories in China are now of a legitimate American manufacturer.
n/a We know that there are counterfeits which may or may not be safe, and we know that there are fakes, which I define as being unsafe.
Dania Bacchus So how do you know if your glasses are safe? NASA offers this advice.
Mark Margolis Take your eclipse glasses and find a bright light, like a lamp or a flashlight. Hold your Klipsch glasses up to the light and look through them. The light will appear extremely dim or not appear at all when looking through the glasses.
n/a Eclipse glasses are at least a 1000 times darker than the very darkest ordinary sunglasses.
Dania Bacchus On its website, the American Astronomical Society list authorized dealers that sell safe glasses.
Mark Margolis We've been working long hours during the week and then also on weekends.
Dania Bacchus Margolis says supplies are going eclipse, so shoppers might want to buy soon before the glasses, like the sun, disappear. Dania Bacchus, CBS News, Los Angeles.