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Dangers Lurk in Back Yards Swing Sets Poisonous Plants
A Northwestern National Life Insurance study finds nearly half of summer injuries to school children occur at home. Boys playing after school when hungry or tired face most harm from swing sets. hazards include S hook injuries, crushed extremities, and even blindness or severed fingers. Poisonings from yard plants and berries also rise, with radishes, daphne berries, rhododendron, azalea, and oleander cited as dangerous. barb gar den rhubarb leaves carry oxalic acid risk. summer injuries span falls, bites, burns, and other common back yard perils.
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Family Economics Bureau
Northwestern National Life Insurance Co
Rockland County
New York
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Boston
National Safety Council
Montreal
U. S
Cleveland
Back Yard
Manuell