breaking news,child dead after ingesting nicotine.

[skoony]

if this is true we are in for a (insert bad word here) storm.

mytwintiers.
com/story/d/story/child-dead-after-swallowing-liquid-nicotine/42042/OirwWWeAXUmEyiMZ0gnVCA

Child Dead After Swallowing Liquid Nicotine - WETM

regards
mike

 

[pianoguy]

You can't cure stupid. The gubbermint keeps trying (by saddling the rest of us with regulations), but it can't be done.

 

[TomGeorge]

I feel bad for the child and the child's family, but this is not good at all

 

[pennysmalls]

This was going to happen, it was just a matter of time.

If this story is true, it's sad and I'm sorry for that families loss. That child should not have had access to that nicotine though, period. This is a facet to vaping that needs to be taken seriously, we do handle products that can be dangerous and carelessness with these products is not an option. These 100mg/ml bottles of nic that we all hoard need to be locked up tight if there are children in the house, especially toddlers.

The focus of course will be on the dangers of vaping and not the dangers of the many household products that are just as, if not more, dangerous.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

Yes, it is sad.

About 5 years ago, I saw a small child carrying a Windex bottle around in the house. It was even commented on that she is learning to clean like Mommy.

Learning to keep such things in secured cabinets or up high is a parental responsibility. Sure, nothing is perfect but learning to "see" danger and reacting is critical.

My kids are grown, but we have a cat that opens cabinets and drawers. We got to the point that we secure them. Pretty cheap to do.

 

[DaveP]

Small kids have to be protected from chemicals that could cause harm. We all need a lockbox for our nic based supplies. Mine are kept in a combination lock box from Walmart. It's less than $20 in the office products department.

 

[Oliver]

This is absolutely tragic and I feel desperately for the parents, especially having a 1-year old myself.

Reading between the lines, and assuming the commenter Casey is being truthful in the comments to this article, it appears it may have been a babysitter vaping: http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s3645210.shtml

This makes it unlikely the liquid was concentrated, but not impossible. If this is confirmed, we need to check some assumptions that have been made as to the toxicity of e-liquid for young children.

In any case, we should all strongly encourage manufacturers to use childproof bottles and have warnings on the labels.

 

[bigdancehawk]

This will bring the fearmongerers out in force:

Capital District Tobacco-Free Coalition Director Judy Rightmyer said there is currently no regulation of e-cigarettes and the supplies that are sold with them.

“Oftentimes, they are made in foreign countries and we have no idea what is them,” she said. “Some of them contain antifreeze. That chemical is then vaporized and ingested by someone, which could be extremely damaging to lung tissue.”

Rightmyer said young people may feel it is safer to use e-cigarettes instead of burning tobacco leaves, but that may not be the case.

“You really have no idea what you could be inhaling,” she said. “The liquid nicotine is so strong that it only takes a quarter of a teaspoon to kill an infant.”

http:// www.dailygazette.com/news /2014/dec/10/liquid-nicotine-kills-fort-plain-toddler/

 

[stevegmu]

I know very little about children, not having any that I know of; can a 1 year old even lift a bottle, take off a cap- even if not childproof, and drink it? I think there is more to the story...

 

[pennysmalls]

steve if the lid was on that bottle I can't see a one year old getting it open, at least not without a lot of effort and time to work to get that lid off. Babies that age are very good at grasping things but manual dexterity at that age is still very clumsy and awkward.

 

[choochoogranny]

And then there are the house fires caused by candles, heaters and lit cigerettes that kill slews of children every year. How about pool drownings......dog attacks......

 

[edyle]

They're not releasing the victim's name or how he got his hands on the product.

What's that supposed to mean?

 

[Ricky Spanish]

We had a story on one of our local news shows recently about a young child ingesting some ejuice, it wasn't fatal and the focus of the story seemed to be that childproof caps should be the law.

Children get nicotine poisoning from cigarette butts all the time, occasionally with fatal results.

 

[bigdancehawk]

I know very little about children, not having any that I know of; can a 1 year old even lift a bottle, take off a cap- even if not childproof, and drink it? I think there is more to the story...

The child is described as a "toddler" in most of the news stories, but as a one year old in at least one. A toddler can be up to 3 years old and at that age should easily be capable of unscrewing a cap if not on too tight. But I seriously doubt that a one year old would have the fine motor skills to do it. So I agree there's something not quite right about this story.

 

[Norrin]

Well any parent who lets a 1 year old get their hands on nicotine should be locked up, nicotine is only dangerous to the very young as you can't swallow enough when your older without vomiting. So yes it should be locked away from the very young the same as bleach and the 100 other household chemicals that can potentially kill anyone not just the very young.

 

[stevegmu]

I know very little about children, not having any that I know of; can a 1 year old even lift a bottle, take off a cap- even if not childproof, and drink it? I think there is more to the story...

The child is described as a "toddler" in most of the news stories, but as a one year old in at least one. A toddler can be up to 3 years old and at that age should easily be capable of unscrewing a cap if not on too tight. But I seriously doubt that a one year old would have the fine motor skills to do it. So I agree there's something not quite right about this story.

Babies cry and nicotine has been known to relax people...

 

[pennysmalls]

So inappropriate steve.....

 

[stevegmu]

So inappropriate steve.....

considering no details have been released, there is obviously an investigation underway... People are ignorant. I wouldn't put it past someone to do something like that...

 

[skoony]

I know very little about children, not having any that I know of; can a 1 year old even lift a bottle, take off a cap- even if not childproof, and drink it? I think there is more to the story...

The child is described as a "toddler" in most of the news stories, but as a one year old in at least one. A toddler can be up to 3 years old and at that age should easily be capable of unscrewing a cap if not on too tight. But I seriously doubt that a one year old would have the fine motor skills to do it. So I agree there's something not quite right about this story.

most sources are citing a one year old child.
the question is 12 months old or 23 months old.
there's quite a difference in agility and mobility
between the two.
regards
mike

 

[baseballmom]

I feel sad any time a child injests and dies or gets seriously harmed from household, personal, animal health care, outdoors and cleaning items, otc meds, prescribed meds, illegal substances, many items kiddos shouldn't be playing with or eating/drinking/mouthing or have access to. This is a sad story, but any accidental ingestion one's are