Glass tables: An overlooked safety threat

Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 11:42 in Health & Medicine

Many households harbour a threat to young children that safety regulations, surprisingly, have overlooked: glass-topped tables and tables with glass panels. A review by Children's Hospital Boston, in collaboration with Consumers Union, non-profit publisher of Consumer Reports, finds that glass-table injuries aren't as rare as one might think, and that many could have been avoided had tempered glass been used...

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