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3-year-old S.C. boy killed after mistaking pink handgun for toy

Pink Handgun

A 3-year-old boy in Greenville, South Carolina was shot in the head and killed on Friday after he started playing with a pink handgun because he thought it was a toy. Police responding to the shooting at Haywood Plantation Apartments said that Tmorej Smith was found with a gunshot wound to the head, according to The Associated Press.

 

4 million Bumbo baby seats recalled after infant skull fractures

Bumbo Baby Seat

Amid at least 95 reports of babies falling out of the popular Bumbo baby seats -- including 19 who suffered skull fractures -- the company said it is recalling nearly 4 million seats in the U.S. But instead of returning the seats to stores, South Africa-based Bumbo International Trust said customers should order a free repair kit that includes a restraint belt as well as a warning sticker cautioning against placing the seat on raised surfaces.

 

Devices don't work to save kids in hot cars

Special seats and other devices designed to help prevent parents from accidentally leaving babies and toddlers behind in cars don’t work, a team of experts said on Monday. They said parents shouldn’t rely on them to keep children safe.

 

Experts: Child hot-car deaths more common than expected

Hot Car Deaths

The news that two parents in separate central Indiana incidents left their young child in a sweltering vehicle during a record heat wave has stirred outrage, but national child car-safety advocates say that, in reality, it happens more often than people realize and it happens to all kinds of parents.

 

Mom didn't know son was put in washer

A woman whose son made national news when a video went viral of him trapped in a tumbling clothes washer says she wants charges brought.

 

Many kids injured after swallowing button batteries

The batteries accounted for 84% of the battery-related hospital emergency department visits by children between 1990 and 2009.

 

Protecting babies from neurotoxins

The Environmental Protection Agency recently finalized a rule that for the first time requires U.S. coal and oil-fired power plant operators to limit emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants.

 

Nearly 300,000 teddy bears recalled

The Build-A-Bear Workshop company is recalling nearly 300,000 Colorful Hearts Teddy Bears sold in the United States and Canada due to risks of choking, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced.

 

Consumer Product Safety panel reverses itself on pool safety

Consumer Product Safety panel reverses itself on pool safety

The new rule means many public pools can no longer rely on drain covers alone to prevent children from drowning or being injured.

 

Parents wrestle with rear-facing carseat advice

Parents wrestle with rear-facing carseat advice

When the American Academy of Pediatrics recently recommended that children ride in rear-facing car seats until at least age 2 — up from the previous minimum age of 1 — Internet news sites lit up with outrage. Many parents were hardly eager to embrace the latest medical advice about how to best protect toddlers from serious head, neck and spinal injuries.

Senh: I don't understand what the problem is. It's for the safety of your child. Just do it.

 

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