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Spiffor
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CPA - Evil Clone brigade
Nov 2001
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In Britain I don't know. But the issue is important even if the statistics are about another developed country:
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Originally posted by SpencerH
"About 112,000 of these burns are scald burns. According to Safe Kids Coalition, about 37,000 of these people are 14 or under, and about 18,000 are 5 or under.
The United States has the highest rate of burns in the industrialized world, according to the National Safety Council.
Burns are the second leading cause of death for young children ages 0 to 5.
Children burn faster than adults because they have thinner skin.
Everyday, 300 young children are taken to emergency rooms for burns caused by household water that was too hot. Annually, 3,000 of these children require hospitalization.
Water heaters leave the factory set at 140 to 150 degrees Fahrenheit. It takes 2 seconds for a child to receive third degree burns from water at 150 degrees. It takes 5 seconds if the water is at 140 degrees, and 30 seconds at 130 degrees."
http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d00070...02/d000702.html |
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JohnT
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Capitalist
Mar 1999
time: 00:20
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So, in response to a British call to arms about this non-issue, you cite American statistics.
I see that the cite you quoted doesn't differentiate as to how the water was "too hot", but does its best to imply that it's all due to water heaters. However, in the interests of being fair and balanced, non-quoted sections of the same page claim that "About 50 percent occur because parents put children in water that is too hot."
Note the qualifier "about", meaning "a guess puts it at..." This reduces your "hundreds of thousands" (which itself means a minimum of 200,000) cite to 58,000. Maybe.
And I don't know how things are done in France, but hot water heaters here in the US are easily adjustable. Note the line:
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Water heaters leave the factory set at 140 to 150 degrees Fahrenheit. It takes 2 seconds for a child to receive third degree burns from water at 150 degrees. It takes 5 seconds if the water is at 140 degrees, and 30 seconds at 130 degrees. |
In order to prevent this at no added cost to consumers or business, enact legislation that has the heaters leave the factory with the temperature adjusted to 110F.
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Spiffor
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CPA - Evil Clone brigade
Nov 2001
time: 06:20
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quote:
Originally posted by JohnT
So, in response to a British call to arms about this non-issue, you cite American statistics. |
Yes, I think Britain and the Us are fairly comparable. If there are so many saldings in the US, I assume there is a similar proportion in the UK. I think it qualifies as a public health issue.
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I see that the cite you quoted doesn't differentiate as to how the water was "too hot", but does its best to imply that it's all due to water heaters. However, in the interests of being fair and balanced, non-quoted sections of the same page claim that "About 50 percent occur because parents put children in water that is too hot."
Note the qualifier "about", meaning "a guess puts it at..." This reduces your "hundreds of thousands" (which itself means a minimum of 200,000) cite to 58,000. Maybe. |
A year. Do you consider it to be a non-issue?
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In order to prevent this at no added cost to consumers or business, enact legislation that has the heaters leave the factory with the temperature adjusted to 110F. |
That would be a better idea actually. I'm curious to know what exactly the lawmaker has to say about it.
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