Save the children | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-11-04
Flat-screen televisions can easily tip onto youngsters. Button batteries for remote controls can choke kids. Electrical cords can ensnare and strangle babies.
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), an estimated 25,300 children were treated in emergency departments because of falling televisions, furniture, and appliances between 2008 and 2010. Injuries to the under-18 set represented 58 percent of all instability-related injuries in those two years.
Of those reported incidents, 44 percent involved falling TVs.
The CPSC also has seen cases of injuries from children swallowing button batteries, whose use in the home has increased. And electrical cords, which have multiplied with each new invention, continue to pose risks.
"A lot of these injuries are preventable," Metzger said. "Of course, no [safety] product is a replacement for adult supervision. But it makes adult supervision easier."
Veronica Chavez has asked Metzger back this day, his third visit, to secure the 37-inch flat-screen TV in the finished basement, adjacent to the play area for her son, Jonas, 3½, and daughter, Siena, 1 year old and on the verge of walking.
“Best Baby Car Seat” Review Site Launched
(PRWEB) October 30, 2011
“We are indeed heartened by this launch, and we humbly welcome all who chose to visit our new Best Baby Car Seat website. Certainly, if you you’re looking for information about the best and safest baby car seats for your child, you need not look any further than here, at http://best-baby-car-seat.org said founder and chief reviewer, Antonio Calem.
He said he built this review site because he came to the conclusion that, after having previously been in situations where he had to choose a baby car seat, there was no clear-cut information resource available on the internet.
“You are probably now facing that tough task of having to buy a baby car seat for your child. Like all parents, you will most likely want to provide the best possible solution for your kid. Therefore, you will have to take several factors into account, especially safety, price, ease-of-use, comfort, design, durability, etc.,” noted Antonio.