Posted on 07/21/2013 9:32:39 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Falling televisions sent nearly 200,000 U.S. children to the emergency room over 20 years and the injury rate has climbed substantially for these sometimes deadly accidents, a study found.
Doctors and safety experts say better awareness is needed about the dangers—especially the risks of putting heavier, older model TV sets on top of dressers and other furniture young children may try to climb on.
Most injuries are in kids under 5; head and neck injuries including concussions are the most common.
“This is a problem that is increasing at an alarming rate,” said lead author Dr. Gary Smith, a pediatric emergency specialist and president of the Child Injury Prevention Alliance in Columbus, Ohio.
Smith said it is unclear from the data what type of TV sets are involved in the accidents or whether older, heavier models are the most common culprit. …
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It took 2 strong young men from 1-800-GOT-JUNK to get the last of our old TVs out of our house. I was glad to see them go.
That’s because there’s no longer any room to sit on top of them...
nope i have an older set too. part of me wants a nice big screen and another part doesn’t want to watch more tv instead of doing hobbies.
Television is harmful to children whether it falls on them or not.
Ban children, not my tv!
I don’t much watch TV anymore. Not sure I’d miss it if they were banned.
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