# Will sitting too close to the TV, reading with bad light, etc., ruin your eyes?

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**Created:** [March 31, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sitting-too-close-to-the-tv-reading-with-bad-light-etc-ruin-your-eyes/297144 "2005-03-31T23:42:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![joazito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@joazito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joazito)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sitting-too-close-to-the-tv-reading-with-bad-light-etc-ruin-your-eyes/297144/1 "2005-03-31T23:42:57Z")

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I just read [this article](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_105.html) and I just want to now if any new information has surfaced. The article is from 1992 and basically it says MDs generally agreed that the eye won’t sustain damage but there were indications otherwise (namelly with the Eskimos). What’s the consensus these days?