Eclipse spectators, take heed: The Illinois Division of Public Well being issued a recall alert Monday for a pair of eclipse glasses that have been bought on Amazon and several other Southern Illinois retailers.
On Amazon, the glasses are listed as “Biniki Photo voltaic Eclipse Glasses AAS Accredited 2024 — CE & ISO Licensed Secure Shades for Direct Solar Viewing (6 Packs),” in keeping with the division’s discover.
They’re additionally listed as a #1 bestseller on Amazon and have been nonetheless accessible Monday afternoon because the eclipse started.
However the glasses probably don’t meet the ISO 12312-2 security customary — a designation by the Worldwide Group for Standardization (ISO) for glasses that make them protected to immediately gaze on the solar with, in keeping with CBS Information.
Along with Amazon, the glasses have been bought at a handful of native retailers — a number of of which have posted notices on social media, per CBS.
Amazon didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from Enterprise Insider.
Prospects are notified by Amazon if a product they’ve bought has been recalled.
“After we be taught of a recall, we cease all impacted product choices and maintain any associated inventory in our Success Facilities,” the corporate says on its web site. “We additionally contact clients that purchased such merchandise and sellers which will have supplied such merchandise, to inform them concerning the recall.”
