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Hear This! Keep Cotton Swabs Out of Kids' Ears
« on: May 11, 2017, 08:50:04 am »
Hear This! Keep Cotton Swabs Out of Kids' Ears

By Robert Preidt
Monday, May 8, 2017


MONDAY, May 8, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Thousands of kids wind up in U.S. emergency rooms every year for ear injuries caused by cotton swabs, a new study reveals.

The analysis of federal data found that about 263,000 children were treated in emergency departments for ear injuries caused by cotton swabs over the 21-year period from 1990 through 2010.

https://medlineplus.gov/news/fullstory_165343.html
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Re: Hear This! Keep Cotton Swabs Out of Kids' Ears
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2017, 05:58:41 pm »
When I was a kid, Mom used swabs to clean out my ears.   Don't think anyone realized back then that those swabs were dangerous.
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Re: Hear This! Keep Cotton Swabs Out of Kids' Ears
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2017, 06:01:17 pm »
Thousands of kids wind up in U.S. emergency rooms every year for ear injuries caused by cotton swabs, a new study reveals.

Wow. People are now too stupid to use a Q-tip. We are finished as a country.
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