Mowing the Lawn: Dangerous?

July 8, 2010 Updated Jul 8, 2010 at 4:03 PM EDT


Each year nearly 80 thousand people end up in the Emergency Room because of lawn mower accidents - - that includes injuries to 10 thousand children.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children stay indoors when someone's mowing the grass and that kids not be allowed to ride on a riding lawn mower - - not even to sit on a mother or father's lap.

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