APIL warn of the dangers in the Kitchen
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has issued a warning to parents to be extra vigilant of the dangers in and around the kitchen. This warning comes on the first day of Child Safety Week, in a press release on APIL’s website they highlight the fact most products kept in the kitchen contain mild irritants such as dishwasher powder.
Yet the law states that these products must be “difficult to open but with some children being more cunning than others then its a little surprise the children across the UK are exposing themselves to these potentially harmful products.
“Understandably, parents may assume there is no way their child could take the caps on any products under the kitchen sink and in the cupboards,” says APIL chief executive, Denise Kitchener.
“But while medicine bottles must have child-proof caps, the mild irritants kept under the kitchen sink such as dishwasher powder, which are still potentially harmful - do not. Being ‘difficult’ to open is no deterrent for an inquisitive three year old.”
Denise said every year, around 26,000 children under five are taken to hospital with suspected poisoning.
Updated on 6/22/2009