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Chemical Eye Burns

Chemical exposure to any part of the eye or eyelid may result in a chemical eye burn. Chemical burns represent 7%-10% of eye injuries. About 15%-20% of burns to the face involve at least one eye.

Consumer Reports: Squishy toy contents raise safety concerns for children

If your kids love those soft, squishy fidget toys, the ones you squeeze for stress relief, you might want to take a closer ...

Squishy gel inside fidget toys could give skin chemical burns, experts warn

If you or your kids love those soft, squishy fidget toys, the ones you squeeze for stress relief, you might want to take a ...
WYFF

2 people taken to hospital with chemical burns after hazmat incident at Henderson County manufacturing plant, fire officials say

RECEIVE THE SHOT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M NIGEL ROBERTSO WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS AT NOON -- TWO PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOSPITAL, WITH CHEMICAL BURNS AFTER A HAZMAT SITUATION IN HENDERSON COUNTY. IT HAPPENED ...
Washington Examiner

Russian chemical plant burns down hours after deadly fire at military facility

Russia’s largest chemical plant erupted in flames on Thursday just hours after a fire engulfed a military research center outside of Moscow, killing seven people. The first fire broke out at the ...
New York Post

Couple gets married in burn unit after groom suffers grisly chemical burns on nearly one-third of his body

A groom who suffered a ghastly fall at work — resulting in him covered in severe chemical burns and needing fingers amputated — tied the knot with his fiancé in the burn unit of a Georgia hospital in ...
Reuters

Laundry pods cause large portion of chemical eye burns in kids

(Reuters Health) - As concentrated laundry detergent pods have become more common, so have chemical eye injuries among young children, according to a recent U.S. study. The small, colorful packets of ...

Man Wearing Only Tablecloth Stuns Atlanta Suburb With Alleged Crime Spree

A suburban Atlanta neighborhood got a bizarre eyeful recently as a nearly nude man suffering from chemical burns allegedly ...
MassLive

Chemical burns from Longmeadow playground caused child’s skin to bubble, mother says

It was when her 1-year-old son began crying uncontrollably that Ashley Thielen knew something was wrong with the playground equipment her children were playing on. “Normally he doesn’t cry,” said ...
People

Lung Damage from Vaping Looks Like Chemical Burns, Says Report, as Illness Total Surpasses 1,000

A study of 17 lung tissue samples from people who developed lung illnesses from vaping looked like "a toxic chemical exposure" Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering ...
Chicago Sun-Times

CTA Second Chance trainees say they faced discipline after complaining of burns from caustic cleaners

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Medscape

'Chemical Burns' Seen as Possible Cause of Vaping Lung Damage

Lung injuries from vaping probably result from direct toxicity or tissue damage caused by noxious chemical fumes, rather than from an accumulation of lipids in the lungs, pathology data suggest. "We ...