You can't make this stuff up: Some food makers including Oscar Mayer have warning labels about choking, but not nearly enough, says Joan Stavros Adler, Eric's mom.
The American Academy of Pediatrics agrees. The nation's largest pediatricians group is calling for sweeping changes in the way food is designed and labeled to minimize children's chances for choking.
Choking kills more than 100 U.S. children 14 years or younger each year and thousands more -- 15,000 in 2001 -- are treated in emergency rooms. Food, including candy and gum, is among the leading culprits, along with items like coins and balloons. Of the 141 choking deaths in kids in 2006, 61 were food-related. Read it all here.
How many children die each year falling out of trees? How many children die each year from bicycle accidents? How many children die each year on skateboards? From animal attacks?
Each and every death of a child, for whatever reason, is tragic and especially so for the family involved. But are we going to cover the world in big yellow warning signs?
Two comments: life is not fair & where are the parents? Anyone care to comment?
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