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Don't use the solar eclipse protective glasses handed out at the University of Utah — they're defective

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Anyone who received glasses from the U’s Moran Eye Center should throw them away, officials say.

(Courtesy of John A. Moran Eye Center) Protective eyeglasses for viewing a solar eclipse. In a presentation Wednesday, ophthalmologists at the John A. Moran Eye Center in Salt Lake City underscored the need for eye protection when viewing the solar eclipse, which will be visible across the West on Aug. 21.

Protective glasses handed out by the John A. Moran Eye Center ahead of the Aug. 21 solar eclipse may not work — and center officials are asking Utah residents to throw them away.