Take care when you open your beer

13:35 pm on 3 April 2018

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Popping a cold beer on a hot day is what summers are made of, but is the action fraught with danger?

Ophthalmologists at Nelson-Malborough District Health Board are warning beer drinkers after seeing three separate cases of eye injuries in as many weeks. 

Cam Loveridge-Easther is ophthalmology registar and author of the paper on why bottle tops need to be taken more seriously. 

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