Kids got sick eating detergent long before the Tide Pod Challenge Jan 26, 2018 3:31 PM EDT By — Laura Santhanam There was the bucket challenge, the cinnamon challenge, and the mannequin challenge. For weeks now, thanks to a Twitter joke gone wrong, we’ve also seen the “Tide Pod Challenge,” in which teens on YouTube,…
Key facts Drowning is the 3rd leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide, accounting for 7% of all injury-related deaths. There are an estimated 320 000 annual drowning deaths worldwide. Global estimates may significantly underestimate the actual public health problem related to drowning. Children, males and individuals with increased access to water are most…
People are dying from carbon monoxide poisoning as they forget to turn their cars off after parking in a garage. [Photo: Naver.com] Keyless ignition and remarkably quiet engines in modern cars have actually been killing people, according to a report in The New York Times. Every single year, it seems we in the car buying public…
It’s no yolk … microwaving boiled eggs is a bad idea. In fact, they may explode -– and superheated water may be the culprit, said researchers authoring a new report under an unusual set of circumstances. Anthony Nash, in a presentation Wednesday at the Acoustical Society of America meeting in New Orleans, offered a possible…