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Avoiding Toys That Injure Eyes

December is Safe Toys and Gifts Month: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports 231,700 emergency-room visits due to toy-related injuries; the majority are to head and face, eyes. Toys that can injure a child’s eyes include:

Projectile-firing toys
Toys that shoot plastic pellets, foam darts, plastic arrows, or water can cause serious eye damage, including corneal abrasions, hyphema, and vision loss.
Pointy objects
Toys like swords, wands, sabers, fishing poles, and bayonets can poke or scratch the eye, which can lead to permanent vision loss or blindness.

What You Need to Know About Toy-related Injuries

Report Shows Increase in Toy-related Injuries Treated in U.S. Emergency Rooms In 2013, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimated that hospital emergency rooms across the country treated 265,700 toy-related injuries, compared to 265,000 the year before. And 73 percent of those injuries were to children under the age of 15. In fact, approximately 83,700 were to those under 5 years of age. As with previous years, the most commonly injured part of the body is the head and face area, with the most common injuries being lacerations, contusions, or abrasions. The top three specifically identified toys associated with…