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  • ‘Alarming’ rise in children injured by falling TVs

    07/21/2013 9:32:39 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 25 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Jul 22, 2013 12:19 AM EDT | Lindsey Tanner
    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...