From Miami to Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale to almost every corner of the world, they’re as common as kids themselves: pacifiers, plastic baby bottles, pacifiers, toys with “button” batteries and a host of items used by children – and increasingly linked to the harm, personal injury and even death of newborns, infants, toddlers and other youngsters.
In the “Well” blog of the New York Times, a recent report notes that the journal Pediatrics discovered that bottles, pacifiers and “sippy cups” were the source of numerous under-reported causes of injury in children. Injuries included damage to children’s teeth and mouths resulting from falls while holding the items in their mouths, the journal reported.
“Some 83 percent of the wounds were cuts or bruises to the mouth and face or dental injuries after children fell while using the products,” reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “Two-thirds of the injuries occurred among one-year-olds, who tend to be unsteady on their feet and prone to tumbles.”
Over a 20-year period, “more than 45,000 young children had sustained injuries [linked to baby products]…serious enough to warrant emergency-room treatment,” noted the Washington Post‘s ”The Checkup” blog.
Another risk: Button batteries. Life-threatening if swallowed by children, USA Today - reporting of a study from the journal Pediatrics – noted that the batteries “accounted for 84% of the battery-related hospital emergency department visits by children from 1990 to 2009, and once ingested, they can be life-threatening.”
If you know of a child or family of a child harmed or killed through the use of a baby product – or any other item – contact the Law Offices of David W. Singer.
David W. Singer, Esq.
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