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The Eskimo Village That Lost Its Eyesight

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The Eskimo Village That Lost Its Eyesight

After World War II, something strange began happening to the Inuit people of Barrow, Alaska. Their children were becoming nearsighted — at an alarming rate. That’s around the time an optometry researcher named Francis A. Young decided to find out why.

August 23, 2026 · 7 min read

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