Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is investigating whether eyewear brands and retailers mislead consumers by marketing blue-light blocking glasses or blue-light lens upgrades as protecting against digital eye strain, headaches, sleep disruption, or harmful screen exposure.
What Consumers Report
Consumers report purchasing blue-light glasses or paying extra for blue-light lens add-ons based on claims that the lenses may:
- Reduce digital eye strain.
- Help with headaches from screen use.
- Improve focus during computer work.
- Support better sleep.
- Protect eyes from harmful blue light.
- Filter substantially more blue light than ordinary lenses.
Potentially affected sellers may include online eyewear brands, national optical retailers, Amazon-sold blue-light glasses, and prescription lens add-ons sold during checkout.
Why Consumers Should Be Concerned
Many consumers pay extra for blue-light lenses because they believe the product provides meaningful eye-health or screen-use benefits. If those claims are not adequately supported, consumers may have paid for an add-on that does not deliver the advertised benefit.
Potential claims may include:
- False advertising
- Unsupported health-benefit claims
- Breach of warranty
- Consumer protection violations
Signs You May Be Affected
- You purchased blue-light glasses or paid extra for blue-light lenses.
- You relied on claims about eye strain, headaches, sleep, focus, or screen protection.
- You believed the lenses provided clinically supported benefits.
- You would not have paid extra had you known the benefits may be unsupported.
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