[portaouflop]

Yes in some cases close distance maybe causes myopia in very young children - this is not the same as „reading is dangerous for your eyes“.

In general it’s good to take care of your eyes, like you do for the rest of the body and doing anything 8h+ without pause is bad.

But concluding that there is some kind of danger associated with reading is nonsense. Almost anything else you do is more dangerous.

Not convinced that the study you posted is evidence of reading being dangerous: >This is a cross-sectional study and therefore causal relationship could not be determined. The data analyzed in the study were drawn from a questionnaire study conducted about 40 years ago