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Child resistant doesn’t mean child-safe!

“Despite advances in recent years and the decrease in fatal poisoning, unintentional child poisonings remain an important public health concern” said U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) INVESTIGATORS Robert L. Franklin and Dr. Gregory B. Rodgers.

Through improvements in product packaging has lowered the occurrences of child poisonings, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (USPC) found that in 2004, there were over 86,000 accidental poisonings of children under 5 years old.

According to a recent study in the Pediatrics Journal (Dec 2008), 55% of the involved products had “child-resistant packaging”—most often oral medications. The most common cause of poisoning in the remaining 45% of cases involved cleaning products.

Parents and caregivers need to recognize that child-resistant does NOT mean child-proof, and that all potentially toxic products (meds, cleaning products, lighter fluid, antifreeze, etc) must be kept out of the reach of children.

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Source: Reuters Health and the Pediatrics Journal

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Chistopher Gavigan, CEO & Executive Director of Healthy Child Healthy World introduces an interest topic for us on Healthy Environments for Children, Easy Steps for homes, child care centers and schools. Be aware of invisible threats of toxins and chemicals that put child development in danger.
Healthy Child Healthy World’s mission is to protect the health and wellbeing of children from harmful environmental exposures by educating parents and engaging communities to make responsible decisions.

Over 80,000 chemicals are registered for use in products we use everyday. No pre-market safety testing required under any federal law for chemicals in cosmetics toys, clothing, carpets and construction materials to name a few. More than 80% have not been tested for health effects on children. None have been tested for their health effects when they interact with one another. Childhood cancer rates jumped 26% between 1975 and 1998. The number of children in special education programs increased 191% from 1977 to 1994. Childhood asthma rates increased 100% between 1980 and 1995. Our health is the result of complex interactions among genetic, environmental and social factors. Toxic exposures deserve special attention because they are presentable causes of harm.

In honor of Colette Chuda, who inspires us to continue to work to create a healthier life for children now an in the future. Colette Chuda was just five years old when she died of a rare, non-genetic form of cancer. Out of this tragedy, her parents Nancy and James founded Healthy Child Healthy World in 1992.