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TORONTO, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Winning Brands Corporation www.WinningBrands.ca (Pink Sheets: WNBD) (Frankfurt: WMU.F ), manufacturer of eco-responsible cleaning sensation Winning Colours Stain Remover, is emerging as the cleaning solution of choice for the fast growing paintball industry with today's official endorsement of Winning Colours by multi-million dollar Barrie Paintball Adventure Park www.BarriePaintball.com, one of North America's largest facilities - a "Megapark"....

State's largest group of eye physicians recommends sport-specific eyewear to prevent devastating injuries AUSTIN, Texas, April 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For Stephen Sacks, what started out as a routine basketball game his senior year of high school turned into a medical emergency. Stephen was a young basketball star who played years of hoops without any injuries. But when he was accidentally elbowed in the eye by a teammate, Stephen ended up with a large laceration on his left eyelid...

U.S. eye doctors warn eye protection is needed to prevent devastating eye injuries caused by paintball. Paintball has an estimated 10 million participants in the United States. The study, published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, found the paintball eye injuries incurred in a non-recreation, uncontrolled setting and many were quite severe -- including rupture of the eyeball in 28 percent of patients and detached retina in 19 percent. Surgery was required in 81 percent of patients,...

Paintballs can cause severe and 'visually devastating' eye injuries, especially when used in unsupervised settings without proper eye protection, reports a study in the February issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology (www.AJO.com), published by Elsevier."Eye injuries secondary to high-velocity paintballs can cause tremendous damage to vital ocular structures often requiring extensive surgical intervention," comments Dr. Kyle J. Alliman of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University...

Police in Kennewick, Wash., said a man arrested for firing off a paintball gun told officers he was trying to prevent a friend from driving drunk. Sgt. Ken Lattin said police received a call at about 7:40 p.m. Tuesday from a witness who said a man was shooting paintballs at a car and one of the missed shots had hit his apartment, the (Kennewick) Tri-City Herald reported Thursday. Lattin said investigators arrived at the apartment complex to find Shawn Wallace, 41, firing paintballs at the...