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OK, another grieving parent is on a crusade, this time to redesign the hotdog and make American 100% safe from choking.
I'm sorry for this lady's terrible loss, but all these safety rules are getting to be absurd. One kid dies of a freak accident and everyone else has to put up with some stupid new law. The politicians who write them can then claim that they are protecting the public safety and care about kids. The public gets saddled with new restrictions and a new federal oversight agency is created, along with more redtape to make life more irritating for the citizens.
Doctors Urging for a Safer, Choke-Free Hot Dog - Nutrition | Physical - FOXNews.com
I'm sorry for this lady's terrible loss, but all these safety rules are getting to be absurd. One kid dies of a freak accident and everyone else has to put up with some stupid new law. The politicians who write them can then claim that they are protecting the public safety and care about kids. The public gets saddled with new restrictions and a new federal oversight agency is created, along with more redtape to make life more irritating for the citizens.
Doctors Urging for a Safer, Choke-Free Hot Dog - Nutrition | Physical - FOXNews.com
CHICAGO — When 4-year-old Eric Stavros Adler choked to death on a piece of hot dog, his anguished mother never dreamed that the popular kids' food could be so dangerous.
Some food makers including Oscar Mayer have warning labels about choking, but not nearly enough, says Joan Stavros Adler, Eric's mom.
The American Academy of Pediatrics agrees. The nation's largest pediatricians group is calling for sweeping changes in the way food is designed and labeled to minimize children's chances for choking.
Choking kills more than 100 U.S. children 14 years or younger each year and thousands more — 15,000 in 2001 — are treated in emergency rooms. Food, including candy and gum, is among the leading culprits, along with items like coins and balloons. Of the 141 choking deaths in kids in 2006, 61 were food-related.
Surveillance systems lack detailed information about food choking incidents, which are thought to be underreported but remain a significant and under-appreciated problem, said Dr. Gary Smith, director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
Smith is lead author of a new policy report from the pediatrics academy that seeks to make choking prevention a priority for government and food makers. The report was released Monday in the journal Pediatrics.