Does Reading In The Dark Harm Your Eyesight?

"There is no evidence that reading in the dark causes damaged", says opthalmologist William Chua from the University of Sydney. "But it does make it tough to see the words as the eye relies on light to work". An eye receives light and sends it through the optic nerve to the visual centre in the brain. This structure means there is no such things as overuse. While reading in poor light can cause eye strain, it is easily cured with rest.

Condensed from the (Reader's Digest Magazine)