According to this BBC article, doctors are warning against the dangers of mothball sniffing after a recent case of poisoning. Teenage girls were sickened after sniffing mothballs. The girl who became the most ill and had to be hospitalized for treatment had also been chewing mothballs daily. Sniffing mothballs? Chewing mothballs? What are these kids thinking?! Gross! Just the thought of mothballs makes me gag. N-A-S-T-Y.
Ahhh, and another brilliant example of this in the news today:
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=5208044&nav=menu73_2_2
Posted by: Gimpy Mumpy | July 28, 2006 at 07:50 AM
That truly is sad CD.
This kind of experimentation makes me think of my new puppy. She is exploring and testing her environment as her intelligence grows and would just as happily chew an electrical cord as her ropey bone. I can't help but feel that there is a distinct parallel here between puppy development and human teenager development. The key thing that keeps my puppy safe is constant attention, intervention and interaction.
If puppies need guidance to know right from wrong, safe from dangerous then wouldn't it follow that human kiddies need the same sort of guidance?? 'nuff said.
Posted by: Gimpy Mumpy | July 28, 2006 at 07:45 AM
Only yesterday, sadly, came a report in the UK of a young girl who died from sniffing deodorant. I presume an aerosol type.
As they used to say in my youth, some people will smoke anything.
Posted by: charlesdawson | July 28, 2006 at 04:05 AM