Rules were flouted somewhere, sadly. @marcan42 @bofh453https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1011212577463046149 …
This happens all the time, sadly. Meanwhile, that physician has no clue about laser safety. "Green-blue lasers are typically considered more dangerous than red-orange lasers because they emit a light [...] to which the human eye is most sensitive". That's totally backwards.
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At visible wavelengths, the only thing that matters is power. Green lasers appear brighter at the same power. Therefore, at the same apparent brightness, a green laser is much safer than a red laser, since it will be much lower power.
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This isn't considering IR leakage from DPSS green lasers though, which is a totally different problem that has nothing to do with the sensitivity of the retina. That just depends on how crappy the laser pointer is.
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