] NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eye injuries from the "war
] game" paintball have been increasing among U.S. children
] in recent years, according to a study released Monday.
]
] In both 1999 and 2000, U.S. emergency rooms saw more than
] 1,200 paintball-related eye injuries, compared with 545
] in 1998. Children younger than 15 are estimated to
] account for more than 40 percent of these injuries,
] according to findings published in the January issue of
] the journal Pediatrics.
]
] Paintball is a war game in which opponents try to
] splatter each other with small, paint-filled capsules
] shot out of guns powered by compressed gas.