I chastise JAMA on occasion, but, any article that starts like this is the mark of a truly great academic publisher:
“The lights are low and the music volume is high. As arms and legs sway on a packed dance floor, streams of soapy suds blow down from the ceiling….”
No, it’s not a ‘tween reviewing an illegal high during a rave, it’s a actually CDC surveillance of a spike in eye injuries resulting from “foam parties”. This write-up details an investigation in Collier County, Florida, in which more than 40 patients sought care for eye irritation and pain in a single night. These patients all received ocular inoculation with foam during the course of revelry, and over half were ultimately diagnosed with corneal abrasions. The cause – the highly concentrated chemicals such as sodium lauryl sulfate and other proprietary mixtures similar to those found in soaps and shampoos.
So, beware the foam! (but not the FOAM).
“Party Alert: Here’s Foam in Your Eye”
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24129456
“Notes from the Field: Eye Injuries Sustained at a Foam Party — Collier County, Florida 2012”
http://1.usa.gov/1d69xek