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Re:Federal health expert drop flossing from health guidelines by deelowe on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @09:56PM (#12222854)
> health benefits of rubbing broken glass in your eyes twice a day?

I'm sure there are plenty of medical journals documenting the effects of getting abrasive substances in your eyes.

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Re:Federal health expert drop flossing from health guidelines by mikeash on Thursday August 04, 2016 @09:51AM (#12225449)
Broken glass isn't abrasive so much as pointy and sharp.

Also, I doubt any of those documented effects are from properly designed studies, nor do they examine a long-term daily treatment regimen. Are you just assuming that daily treatment would be bad based on what happens after one instance, plus common sense and intuition?

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