Will We All Be Blind Tomorrow?

Опис

Short-sightedness is reaching epidemic proportions. Some scientists think they have found a reason why. East Asia has been gripped by an unprecedented rise in myopia. Today, up to 90% of Chinese teenagers and young adults are short-sighted. Other parts of the world have also seen a dramatic increase in the condition, which now affects around half of young adults in the USA and Europe. By some estimates, the world may count nearly half a billion of blind people in 2050. In severe cases, the deformation of the eyeball increases the risk of retinal detachment, cataracts, glaucoma and even blindness. About one-fifth of university-aged people in East Asia now have this extreme form of myopia, and half of them are expected to develop irreversible vision loss. This threat has prompted a rise in research to try to understand the causes of the disorder — and scientists are beginning to find answers…

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Статус

Випущено

Дата виходу

15 січня 2018 р.

Мова оригіналу

французька

Розмовні мови

французька

Країни

Франція

Виробництво

ARTE,Scientifilms

У ролях

Valérie Bettencourt,Éric Chantelauze,Cécile Combes,Fabien Autin,Valérie Levy,Olivier Angèle

Режисер

Christophe Kilian

Сценарій

Christophe Kilian,Fabrice Papillon

Продюсер

Fabrice Papillon,Valérie Rosselini

Музика

Irving Acao

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Збори

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IMDb

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