The bigger the 3W laser pointer, the better

The larger the better the larger the output power of the 3W green laser pointer, the more likely it is to cause serious eye injury, burn skin and temporarily damage the pilot or pilot's vision. That much is clear. But judging the safety of a laser pointer in your desk drawer or your child's hand is not easy. "Consumers are in a tough spot," said Daniel Hewett, the health promotion officer at the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates devices and Radiological Health, an agency tasked with enforcing rules on products that emit radiation. Laser Pointers are hand-held, battery-powered devices designed or adapted to emit laser beams that can be aimed, aimed or pointed at. Class I lasers are relatively harmless and are used in laser printers, CD players (they still sell them??) And DVD players. If used with a laser designator, the beam would be relatively weak, hard to see in ordinary light and probably harmless to the eye unless viewed through some kind of magnifying glass. One Country in Europe, Switzerland, has banned all but class I lasers, according to the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission).