... and don't you Freepers even think about exposing your children to something that goes boom boom!
Posted on 07/04/2017 5:01:17 AM PDT by Zakeet
America's doctors are warning that the use of sparklers on the Fourth of July is just too darn dangerous for your children.
To avoid the risk of injury, you should give your kids bubbles, glow sticks and pom-poms to play with this Independence Day. Those things are safer and almost just as fun.
Sparkler injuries lead to 1,900 emergency visits each year in the United States (pop.: 321.4 million), according to Providence, Rhode Island NBC affiliate WJAR.
"They're actually not so benign," Dina Burstein of the Injury Prevention Center at Rhode Island Hospital told WJAR. "And I think what people don't realize is that they actually burn at a very high temperature - up to 2,000 degrees - so that's the equivalent of what a blow torch would be at."
Not very surprisingly, the most typical sparkler injuries are burns, Burstein added - "very commonly to the hands, often to the face, injuries to the eyes."
The doctor helpfully suggests using "things like pom-poms and glow sticks" instead of sparklers to celebrate America’s independence. Bubbles and noisemakers are other good substitutes, Burstein said.
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... and don't you Freepers even think about exposing your children to something that goes boom boom!
Americans say doctors weren’t spanked enough as children and now think way too highly of themselves.
We’ve become the United States of Wussistan.
LOL. This one was.
Who hasn’t learned what 4th of July means without having burned the crap outa you hand on a sparkler?
Sparklers and home fireworks are illegal in most places. When people get burned and go to the emergency room, they should be met by police. My best friend lost a home because of a neighbor’s illegal fireworks setting his house on fire. I have no sympathy for law breakers of any kind. And there is no excuse for this because you can’t go 20 miles anywhere without a municipal fireworks display.
For the first time in a very long time - I bought more than just sparklers for the 4th. I’m probably not allowed to use most of it in town...but the neighbors always do. We usually get a nice show from them. Decided this time I’ll do something too. The Mrs. will be upset with the amount I spent, but I’m at the point where I’m tired of working for just the future....time to live a bit and we can afford to.
Yeah, growing up in Brooklyn was tough.
Biggest thing I could see is eye injury. Give little Johnnie some safety glasses and a pair of leather gloves.
Being a kid, he’ll think that’s cool too.
I remember the mass die-off from sparklers of kids that grew up in the 80s....oh wait.
One should really get a life.
Then if your really from NJ I fully understand
I can only imagine how they feel about children and guns.
Make sure that your children are wearing shoes/footwear. A dropped sparkler can make a nasty and painful burn on a child’s bare feet.
There were 7 children in our family and none of us was ever injured playing with sparklers, because my parents educated us and kept an eye on us. Anything can be dangerous.
Sparklers Suck and thats the only reason to keep them from Cookie Crunchers.
Always have.
4th is for Blowing stuff up
Anyone who’s had to treat a child for third degree burns from an accident involving sparklers is not going to sit there and say, go ahead,,, I get that. When you sell millions of them a year 2000 burbs is slow risk, but it’s still a nasty thing to deal with when you have too.
I completely understand someone who has to deal with the accidents that do happen suggesting that it’s not a great idea to give kids these things.
That said, most folks are going to and most kids who do get them won’t end up hurt
Please stay in NJ. You deserve each other
We’re not all like that I assure you. I pumped my own gas yesterday which makes me an outlaw in this good foresaken sh*thole of a state.
My dear Ole dad showed me the “match burn twice” thing in the 50’s but he disciplined me with his belt too so hey WTF
Like fireworks, independence and freedom have some potential for danger. However when wisely used the result is worth it.
Maybe NJ is Stupidstan needing a night. Here in Nebraska where policies are very lax I didn’t hear a single siren all night.
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