Child injuries skyrocket on inflatable bouncers

Monday, November 26th, 2012 Liability

The rate of injuries to children on inflatable bouncers increased fifteen fold from 1995 to 2010, according to a report Monday in the journal Pediatrics. The moonwalks, slides and bounce houses are popular entertainment at young children’s birthday parties and carnivals, but the toll they are taking on the young is "epidemic," says lead author Gary Smith, director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

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