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500,000 Times Each Year a Child gets into Medicine or gets the Wrong Dose

Washington, D.C.– Today Safe Kids Worldwide released a new research report that found kids are getting into medicine at an alarming rate. Every minute of every day, a poison control center receives a call about a potential medicine poisoning for a child age five and under. And 67,000 times each year, or every eight minutes, a young child goes to the emergency room for medicine poisoning. This is a 30 percent increase over the past ten years.

Peer-for-Peer Advocacy

Pop quiz. Who do you think are the best advocates for child safety issues? a) Pediatricians; b) Elected Officials; c) Teachers; d) Parents? The answer is: e - none of the above.

That’s right. While many of these groups work hard for children, peer-for-peer advocacy, or kids lobbying on behalf of kids, can actually have the biggest impact of all.

Take Lauren Maunus, a sophomore from South Fork High School in Stuart, Florida, who became a young advocate because of her sister, Rachel.

A New World of Passenger Safety

Sometimes it takes traveling more than 7,000 miles to get a fresh perspective on something you’ve been doing for more than 25 years. That’s what happened to me in December when my colleague, Alexis Kagiliery, and I traveled to Doha, Qatar to conduct a technician certification.

The situation in Doha reminded Alexis and me of the United States 30 years ago, before there were child restraint laws. In Doha, there were few traffic lights, everyone drove at breakneck speed and we never saw a police officer doing traffic control.

March 2013 Recalls

March 2013 Child Product Safety Recalls from Federal Agencies.

3/15/2013 FDA: Nishimoto Trading Co., Ltd is voluntarily recalling packages of Kameda Brand Rice Cracker "Kotsubukko" snack food because they may contain undeclared milk.

3/15/2013 FDA: Grippo Foods, Inc is voluntarily recalling potato chips due to possible containment of metal fragments.