New York Times, "From Asia to America, How Bausch's ReNu MoistureLoc Contact Lens Solution Crisis Grew"
Early in March, Bausch & Lomb received a troubling phone call from a New Jersey eye doctor. Dr. David S. Chu, a specialist in cornea diseases, alerted the company that three of his recent patients had been afflicted with a microbe that caused a potentially blinding eye infection. All three, Dr. Chu said, had used Bausch & Lomb's ReNu brand lens cleaners. For Bausch, Dr. Chu's call on March 3 was the first sign that a puzzling medical mystery that had surfaced in a few Asian markets since the fall might escalate into something worse: a safety problem involving one of its most popular and lucrative products.