Child Safety Blog

A legal blog that covers Washington D.C. child safety law, including news and events dealing with injury and accident law.

Author: Patrick A. Malone practices at Patrick Malone & Associates in Washington, D.C. He also authors Patient Safety Blog.

Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from Child Safety Blog

Experts at Hopkins in Baltimore Recommend Labels for Energy Drinks for Kids
Caffeine is technically a drug, although it's hard to think of it like that. But some experts are saying that, because caffeinated energy drinks promise some of the same effects as prescription drugs, they should…
Government Experts Urge Flu Vaccination For Infants
Until recently, public health officials only recommended flu vaccinations for children two years old or older. But now, as flu season approaches, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have recommended that babies as…
Cheerleader Injuries: The Darker Side of an All-American Sport
A leading sports injury expert says that cheerleading has become one of the riskiest sports for women. Lifelong pain and disability, paralysis and even death are becoming more common consequences of participation in cheerleading. The…
D.C.-based Commission Warns Against Simplicity Inc. Bassinets
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commision has issued a warning against the popular "close-sleeper/bedside-sleeper" bassinets made by Simplicity Inc., after two babies were trapped and strangled to death by the bassinet's metal bars. According to…
FDA Revisits Cold Medicine Standards for Infants
We have discussed concerns over the efficacy and safety of cough and cold medicines for very young children many times in the past. Now, in reaction to these concerns, the FDA plans to take another…
Highway Proximity and Infant Health
A recent Canadian study shows that pregnant women who live near highways are more likely to give birth to premature or low-birth-weight infants--but only among wealthy mothers. Pollution from the highways is what causes these…
Common Baby Bottle Ingredient Safe, says the FDA
As we have previously discussed, there has been a furor over bisphenol A or BPA, a common ingredient in the plastic used to make baby bottles. Now scientists from the FDA have issued a new…
Teen Injuries in Auto Accidents: Sense of Invincibility May Cause Car Crashes
The most recent issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons has a study on teenagers' attitudes to trauma-related injuries from car crashes, showing that most of them have a "sense of invincibility…
Bullies and Bullied Both At Risk of Suicide
Tara Parker-Pope discusses a new Yale School of Medicine review of research on bullying from 13 different countries, published in the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. The review came up with a new…
Menthol: A Hook for Young Smokers
New research from the Harvard School of Public Health shows that tobacco companies have been deliberately varying levels of menthol in their cigarettes, marketing cigarettes with lower levels of menthol to younger smokers and then…