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To: Grainne who wrote (24035)	8/6/1998 7:38:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) of 108807

Christine, you want to talk about dangerous items! Balloons KILL!!! Article.... Balloons cause more childhood deaths than any other toy. Pediatric News January 8, 1996 That's right. Balloons! This shocking fact was established by a recent study conducted by Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in conjunction with DuPont Institute, and Inchcape Testing Services Risk Analysis and Management. They looked at the shape, consistency, and size of objects that caused choking deaths in 449 children. Findings from this study include: objects that pass the Small Parts Test Fixture (the cylinder with a diameter of 3.17 cm that is used to gauge the safety of small toys) can cause choking. The biggest culprits in this category are spherical objects such as balls and marbles or objects that have spherical parts such as dolls with spherical heads. Far more dangerous, however, are objects that have the ability to conform to the shape of a child's airway such as balloons and disposable diaper stuffing. Of additional concern is the fact that the number deaths caused by children inhaling a portion of a balloon are still very high in the 3 - 6 year old range which we consider out of danger from choking. So here are the take home lessons -- don't assume a toy is safe for a child to play with just because it passes the SPTF test don't assume a child is in the safe range just because he or she is over three years old if a whole object or a round portion of an object will fit into your child's mouth, watch him very closely whenever he plays with it never let a child play with a balloon when you are out of the room mylar and paper balloons are far safer than latex balloons stay current on Infant and Child First Aid and CPR -- the life you save may be very dear to you!!! Alan Greene, M.D., F.A.A.P.

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