The High Price of Counterfeit

The High Price of Counterfeit
Television cameraman Jeff Ducharme shoots a display of counterfeit goods at a Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network conference in Toronto in this file photo. Anything can be counterfeit, from children's stuffed animals to electronics. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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You’re shopping for a pair of contact lenses. You check out several and choose a reputable household brand. You get home, wash your hands, remove them from the packaging, and slide them onto your irises with an index finger.

Everything seems fine until you want to take them out. That’s when you discover to your horror that, unlike the safety-approved contacts you thought you had bought, these ones are stuck tight and won’t let go.