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Paintball
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Paintball
A sport in which marble-sized gelatin capsules filled with a nontoxic dye are shot at speeds of 300 kph/200 mph. Paintball-related eye injuries are common and include cataracts, retinal tears/detachment and damage to lens and optic nerve; 50% of eye injuries result in permanent blindness in the affected eye

paintball
Sports medicine A sport in which marble-sized gelatin capsules filled with a nontoxic dye are shot at speeds of 300 kph/200 mph Warning: Paintball-related eye injuries are common and include cataracts, retinal tears/detachment and damage to lens and optic nerve; 50% of eye injuries result in permanent blindness in affected eye; protective masks are a must; other players must KNOW you're in “time out” to clean goggles


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Mr Mann said he would focus on growing Just Paintball, which achieves around a million website page views a month and supplies branded paintballs, site overalls, and tournament marshal tops to paintball shops and retail customers.
Have you ever wondered how those thin yet sturdy shells were made that contain paint and can be shot out of a gun to splat all over your opponent The process for making paintballs is pretty interesting and you might be surprised at what is used to make them Have you ever wondered how those thin yet sturdy shells were made that contain paint and can be shot out of a gun to splat all over your opponent?
Competitor manufacturers of paintballs quickly appeared in the early 1980s, spurring development in paintball technology.
 
 
 
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