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Toy injuries up 25% on average since 2005
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Toy-related injuries requiring emergency room treatment involved 90,600 children under the age of five
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Lacerations, contusions, or abrasions were the most common toy injuries treated in emergency rooms
News Inferno reported yesterday that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reported that toy recalls are declining, but injuries to children are on the rise.
The CPSC described the change as “statistically significant.” The commission reports that in 250,100 toy-related injuries that were treated in U.S. emergency rooms in 2009. This means that the yearly average has increased 10 percent over the past year and 25 percent over the past five years.
Close to 50 percent of the injuries are believed to be related to toys and treated in emergency rooms were described as “lacerations, contusions, or abrasions,” wrote Consumer Affairs. And, of the toy-related injuries requiring emergency room treatment, 74 percent involved children under the age of 15 and 90,600 to children under the age of five, according to Consumer Affairs.
As the holidays approach it is important for parents to keep in mind toy safety when purchasing gifts.
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