Parents warned over vaporiser burns

By Clare Kermond
Updated May 5 2016 - 1:13am, first published 12:16am
Doctors have warned that steam emitted from vaporizing units could pose a considerable risk of burns to toddlers.
Doctors have warned that steam emitted from vaporizing units could pose a considerable risk of burns to toddlers.

Doctors have urged parents to take care using steam vaporisers, after a study found one child each month suffered burns from the popular devices, half of them requiring surgery.

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