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The CDC advises keeping your lenses away from water (including pool water) to avoid a rare but potentially blinding infection caused by an amoeba called Acanthamoeba, as well as other types of infections. Beware of tap water, too. “We want to do what we can to not get germs in the eye, and tap water may have that,” explains Dr. McLaughlin.
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