Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2013. Gasoline, kerosene, lighter fluid, and certain other household cleaning products present a high risk for injury or death when children mistake these hydrocarbons for food or drink and ingest the chemical. In a study in the June 2013 Pediatrics, “Pediatric Hydrocarbon-Related Injuries in the United States: 2000-2009,” (published online on May 6), researchers studied data from the National Poison Data System and the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System over a ten-year period and found that 66,000 calls were made to regional poison centers, resulting in more than 40,000 emergency department (ED) visits for hydrocarbon-related injuries in children under 5 years of age.
