We all know that choosing to use reusable water bottles instead of buying case after case of bottled water is better for the environment, but did you ever think that using a metal watter bottle could be hazardous to your kid's health and safety?
You will after hearing a new report from Today. Kids are getting their tongues stuck inside of metal water bottles -- to the point where they're being rushed to the emergency room and having to undergo hours of surgery in order to remove the bottles from their mouths. (OMG. OMG. OMG.)
And one little girl, Mary Kate Person, even wound up in the ICU after getting her tongue stuck inside of one of these metal bottles. You can hear her story in this video clip, but I'll warn you, it's not easy to watch. I felt myself gasping for air a couple of times during it -- but for the sake of your kids' safety, I highly urge you to take a look.
Oh. My. GOD!!!! Did you ever for one second think that something like this could happen -- all from using a water bottle?
My family owns at least four or five metal water bottles similar to the ones in the video, and as soon as I finished watching the clip, I went right over to our kitchen cabinets, gathered them all up, and threw them in the trash.
Yes, I know the likelihood of my son getting his tongue stuck may be not be very high, but after seeing that little girl lying in a hospital bed all hooked up to breathing tubes? Yeah, I'm just not willing to take the risk.
Earlier this week, my husband came home with a new water bottle for our son that has a straw to drink from, so I think this weekend we'll make sure to pick up a few more of those to have around the house instead.
These new warnings may have been difficult to hear about, but I'm so glad Today aired them. Hopefully parents all over the country will watch the clip, pay attention, and take the safety risks of metal water bottles to heart before their kid is the one who winds up in the ER.
Had you ever heard of metal water bottles being dangerous before? Do you own any?
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OK. I feel bad for these kids and the pictures are heartwrenching but I am pissed that these parents are going to sue the bottle makers.
happened to a girl at scout camp when I was a kid... she got her tongue stuck in her canteen...we were afraid to tell the troop leader because we didn't want to go home.. so we took a girl scout pocket knife( do they even have those anymore?) and a tent mallet and banged holes in it till it went hiiisssss and let lose... looking back we are lucky we didn't get hurt or stab someone...
It is sad the little girls family wasn't smart enough to put a hole in the bottle b4 her tongue swelled to far for that to work. though I sure don't see how the bottle maker is responsible. Do they need to add emergency realise buttons on the bottles and market them especialy for stupid people?