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Take your phone out of your pocket…

07 Friday Jan 2022

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…because it’s not safe! Smartphone manuals say we should keep phones 10 millimeters away from our bodies! Because radiation exposure may exceed FCC standards if you keep your phone on your body – or press it to your head as you use it. I know that defeats the purpose of using it as a phone – but I guess that’s why there are headsets, earbuds, and speaker-phone-mode.

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The danger of elevator doors!

14 Thursday May 2020

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We’ve all done it a million times – but ER doctors say we need to STOP trying to catch the elevator after the doors start closing. The reason? Because if you wave your arm or leg above or below the sensor, or the sensor isn’t working, the doors will close anyway. And elevators actually have four doors. Two on the elevator itself, and two on the floor you’re on. Meaning, it’ll catch your arm or leg twice, making it twice as tricky to get it out. And once the elevator starts to move, it can crush, twist, or even amputate whatever limb is stuck in the doors. Bottom line: You’re better off waiting for the next elevator, or swinging something less vital across the sensor, like your handbag or shopping bag.

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Kid-friendly headphones not so friendly after all!

09 Thursday Jan 2020

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Parents, did your kids get a pair of child-size headphones for Christmas, that the box promised were “safe for young ears”? Don’t believe it. Because the consumer-product review site, Wirecutter, did a little investigating. They analyzed 50 different children’s headphone brands and found that half of them did NOT restrict decibel levels as advertised. And the worst ones allowed volume so loud it could permanently damage a child’s hearing – or even an adult’s – within minutes! For reference, the noise of a lawnmower is 100 decibels – and can damage hearing after 15 minutes. And the government-mandated safe limit in the workplace for adults is 85 decibels, which is about as noisy as an idling bulldozer.

Well, these child-friendly headphones allow the volume to reach 114 decibels – WAY over the safe limit. If you want to see if your child’s headphones are safe – go to The Wirecutter dot com for their list. And to further protect their hearing, make sure kids never listen to anything higher than 60% of the max volume – and have them take a break at least every hour.

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Backyard trampolines and trampoline parks can be dangerous!

23 Tuesday Jul 2019

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You know those trampoline parks that are opening all over the place, with wall-to-wall trampolines? Approximately 6 new ones open each month! But they’re a hotbed of injuries! That’s according to data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Last year alone, nearly 7-thousand kids wound up in the emergency room due to trampoline parks. And in the last 5 years – since trampoline parks started becoming a “thing” – the injury rate has risen 12-fold! Now, backyard trampolines are still the biggest risk… with over 90-thousand injuries in a single year and 92% of those injuries are among kids, age 16 and younger. That’s why ER physician Dr. Katherine Van Zandt says parents need to be more aware. She says, most parents have no idea how often trampoline injuries occur – and how severe they are. Trauma expert Dr. Craig Cook says trampoline injuries are often similar to what you’d see in a high-speed car crash. And 75% of injuries occur when at least two people are jumping on the same trampoline.

Also, if there’s a size difference – like an adult and a child – the smaller person is 14 times more likely to be significantly hurt than the larger one. Something to consider before you put a trampoline in your backyard or send your kid to another birthday party at a trampoline park.

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The FDA says toss the bones from your meals…

12 Wednesday Sep 2018

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…DON’T feed them to your dogs. They can cause broken teeth, mouth and tongue injuries and constipation. Plus, sharp bone fragments can get stuck in a dog’s esophagus or stomach, requiring surgery. And if bone fragments poke holes in a dog’s stomach or intestines, it can cause a severe abdominal bacterial infection – which will require an emergency visit to your vet, because it can kill your dog.

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Dangerous items you may own!

08 Wednesday Aug 2018

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What won’t you find at the home of Dr. Seth Podolsky? He’s vice chair of the Cleveland Clinic Emergency Services Institute. And he says having these two things at your home is a recipe for disaster: Power washers and extension ladders. He says his ER team regularly treats patients for head trauma and collapsed lungs after they’ve fallen off really high ladders. And what’s up with power washers? The high-speed, powerful spray can easily cause lacerations and penetrating injuries from the jet of water itself, and any debris it might dislodge, like rocks and paint chips that shoot out like bullets.

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Roller coaster danger!

03 Tuesday Jul 2018

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You know those warning signs outside roller coasters that say “Do not ride this roller coaster if you have a heart condition?” Take them seriously! Because riding a coaster with a steep drop, that goes over 100-miles per hour, alternates between moments of gravitational pull and weightlessness – where your organs literally float inside you.
Also, some roller coasters are violent enough to reach forces 4 times greater than the Earth’s gravity. And can push your heart rate to 200 beats per minute… and trigger dangerous changes to heart rhythm. So if you have a weak heart – or a weak stomach – sit out those extreme rides.

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Having a plant on your desk can do more than improve your mood and focus!

16 Thursday Nov 2017

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By afternoon, indoor air pollution reaches its peak. And according to Johns Hopkins, those chemicals increase brain inflammation – which produces feelings of anxiety. But if you have a plant on your desk, it’ll absorb the pollutants and pump out oxygen, leaving you feeling calmer.
One of the best plants you can get is a spider plant. It’s hard to kill – and within 24 hours, it’ll soak up 87% of airborne pollutants and carbon dioxide in the immediate area. It’ll also eliminate dangerous volatile organic compounds from the air – like benzene, ozone and formaldehyde – that are emitted by plastic, fabric, printers and cleaning solvents.

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Playground vs. Office Chair

22 Tuesday Aug 2017

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What’s more dangerous: A playground jungle gym or your office chair? When it comes to fatal falls, one out of every 3,700 falls from a piece of playground equipment results in death. But you’re 85 times MORE likely to fall to your death from a chair. That’s according to “The Book of Odds.” It’s because people falling off their chairs are usually older, and a broken hip at an older age is more likely to result in death than a child breaking a bone falling from a jungle gym.

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The danger of wearing earbuds while exercising

26 Wednesday Apr 2017

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If you exercise while wearing earbuds – you’re at risk from cardio ear! It’s similar to swimmer’s ear – because when sweat collects in your ear canal, it can cause an infection within 24-hours. Ear, nose and throat specialist Dr. Eugene Chio says when sweat gets trapped in your ear, it creates the perfect moist environment for bacteria to thrive. So how do you know if you have cardio ear? It’ll be painful, throbbing with an oozy discharge… and it’s not just gross, it’s dangerous. It could rupture your eardrum! So give your earbuds a rest at least once a week – and go old-school with over-the-ear headphones.

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