Posted on 02/22/2010 5:51:32 AM PST by decimon
CHICAGO – When 4-year-old Eric Stavros Adler choked to death on a piece of hot dog, his anguished mother never dreamed that the popular kids' food could be so dangerous.
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.
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Rather than more labels and intrusion, why did this woman not know how to perform the heimlich? If there has to be accountability somewhere, put it where it belongs. There are countless ways to learn basic lifesaving techniques at little or no cost.
“I guess NO one has common sense anymore....
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They’re called ‘liberals’. ;)”
Yes indeed! ...and I’ve always liked the line by the brilliant GK Chesterton:
“It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.”
It pretty much characterizes a great many liberals.
“Caution: Remove infant before folding for storage.” — On a portable stroller.
You can’t choke on a suppository.
Just sayin’.
When I was about the age of her late son, about sixty years ago, another kid gave me one of those round, hard candies. So I popped the candy into my mouth and...started running. So I got the candy stuck in my throat and couldn't breath. So I tried a few times to swallow the candy but couldn't. Just before panic would have set in it occurred to me to cough the candy out.
Given that I'm here typing, the cough obviously worked. I suspect that is all that's needed in most choking cases. When in doubt, cough it out.
What about carrots? They seem dangerous.
Well, about time they got around to re-designing and labeling carrots./sarc
You seen Bugs Bunny lately?
Truthfully our parents told us to CHEW before we swallowed. I hear my 20 something D-i-L saying "Jack! Chew that! Don't gulp your food!"
LOL! Now that you mention it... :)
common sense for alot of people is long gone....when my first was at the age to eat hotdogs the pediatrician even told us how to cut up a hot dog to prevent a choking hazard....with my last one the dr started to explain it to us and i explained it to him and he said i guess this isn’t your first rodeo....
Then I am very sorry to say that she is stupid and no amount of expensive labeling is going to save that poor child from its mother.
I’ve got it: “DO NOT BUY THIS IF YOU ARE STUPID.”
Instead of banning wienies, perhaps Obama, in his wisdom, could have them reformatted — into bologna. Or little squares. Or maybe sell them already chewed.
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Let’s cut to the chase, physicians ... why not just tattoo a comprehensive warning label on the kids’ backsides at birth? That’s a lot easier than chasing down every product known to man. And the kids’ growth will only increase the font size as they age and their parents’ eye sight deteriorates; what a win-win solution!
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