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Electric scooters, curling irons, desk magnets: Doctors warn products are injuring kids

Several consumer products are frequently landing kids in the emergency room, according to new research

Newsroom October 23 11:55

Pediatricians are sounding the alarm about three products that have been increasingly or frequently landing kids in the emergency room.

According to research being presented this weekend at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference, children are getting burned by hair styling tools, swallowing tiny magnets found in desk toys and injuring themselves on electric scooters.

The researchers called on parents, schools and regulators to help reduce those risks.

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Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death among children in the U.S., and some of those deaths “stem from things in the household that potentially could be hazardous,” said Dr. Brandon Rozanski, a pediatric resident at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu.

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