On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:54:11 -0800, "William Sommerwerck"
wrote:

Can you link to any data that shows how many people
have been blinded by CD lasers?

I suspect it's zero. The output of a CD playback laser is only a few
milliwatts, I believe. It would to blind someone with that.

It is less than 1 milliwatt, see class 1 laser. And it still can burn
holes in your retina, albeit slowly.

?-)