Is cutting onions too much going to harm my eyes?

will cutting onions too much harm my eyes? i have to cut bags of onions at work sometimes. my eyes burnt like hell today and was wonderin if this is gonna harm my eyesight or something. i tried chewing gum while cutting them it didn’t help much…

Answer #1

I don’t think it will really harm them, but what may help is wearing a good pair of safety glasses while cutting and having some eye drops on hand. There are different types of drops now, you might ask a pharmacists which one to buy.

Answer #2

no it is not too much to harm the eyes instead it cleans the eyes from dirts.

Answer #3

Actually it can harm your eyes. Anything that burns your eyes isn’t very good for it. Cut the onions under water i.e. in a sink or bowl. That works quite well.

Answer #4

well, i used to be an apprencice cook and id be stuck preping onions majority of the day, and my eye are perfectly fine.

What i do is keep a wet towel near by and a small bucket of water so rinse my hands and it seems to do the trick.

Also if ur preping onions in a cafe or restuarnt etc u never allowed to run them under water .

Answer #5

BUt if you aren’t a professional cook putting it in water is fine.

Answer #6

ture, but she said she been cutting onions for her work :)

Answer #7

i’m aguy lol (he). yeah, they don’t allow us to cut onions in water. thanks for readin and answerin

Answer #8

i dont think so but it does make your eyes water pretty bad

Answer #9

nope u cry bcause of the sulphur present in the onions try soking them in water quickly after u cut it :)

Answer #10

when you cut onions your eyes burn because of carbon dioxide i dont see any harm and like amingo said it will cleanse your eyes because your tearing and getting dirt out

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