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Lara McKenzie
Nationwide Children's Hospital

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Lara McKenzie
Nationwide Children's Hospital

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Most parents will tell you, kids can get into a lot of things: things that may not be so good for them.
But scientists are always looking for ways to protect children, especially when it comes to poison control.
With more on that story, here's Susan Hendricks with today's Health Minute.
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LITTLE ONES ARE ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR THINGS TO PLAY WITH. UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES, THEY GET THEIR HANDS ON HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS.
IN A RECENT STUDY OUT OF NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF INJURIES WITH CLEANING PRODUCTS WAS DOWN IN CHILDREN, 40 PERCENT OF THOSE HOUSEHOLD CLEANING EMERGENCY INJURIES THAT DID OCCUR WERE CAUSED BY NOZZLED BOTTLES.
"There were about 267-thousand injuries in that time period...the bad news is we saw injuries from spray bottles stayed high"
BUT INSTEAD OF JUST PUBLISHING THEIR DATA, THESE SCIENTISTS DECIDED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THEY DEVELOPED THE FIRST TWO TRIGGER SPRAY BOTTLE THAT COULD HELP PREVENT THOUSANDS OF INJURES TO LITTLE ONES EVERY YEAR.
"So it's a little harder for kids to operate, because of their hand size, strength and cognitive ability and dexterities but it's easy enough for an adult to operate and to get the same amount of the product out and use it with one hand."
THE SPRAYING MECHANISM THEN AUTOMATICALLY RETURNS TO A LOCKED POSITION AFTER EACH USE WITHOUT SOMEONE HAVING TO RE-LOCK THE NOZZLE BY HAND.
SO LITTLE FINGERS MAY TOUCH, BUT NOT HURT THEMSELVES.
DESIGNERS HOPE TO SEE THE NEW BOTTLE IN STORES WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.
FOR TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, I'M SUSAN HENDRICKS.
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