Wiggle Talk - A Podcast For Parents · The Wiggles & iHeart Australia

What Every Parent Should Know About Toy Safety

·34 min·2 clips

Sarah Hunstead says two teaspoons of honey, about 10 mils, coats a swallowed button battery and slows the burning.

1. Wiggle Talk, a podcast for parents from The Wiggles, devotes this episode to button battery and toy safety, following the recall of a yellow Emma-style light-up headband bow. 2. Hosts Simon Price (red Wiggle) and Lockie (purple Wiggle) interview Rod Balding, CEO of Standards Australia, and Sarah Hunstead, founding director of CPR Kids. 3. The hosts say the bows were made by a licensee before the 2022 mandatory button battery standards, and were sold without the required warnings after COVID cancellations left surplus stock. 4. After an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission investigation, a recall was issued with refunds via thewiggles.com/recall, and the Wiggles made an undertaking to the ACCC to ensure product compliance and educate families. 5. Rod Balding says standards act as a "frontline defense" covering labels, packaging and secure compartments, and ranging from sharp edges and flammability to slime chemicals. 6. Balding advises parents to trust their gut, buy from reputable sellers, check the ACCC website for recalls, and report unsafe products anonymously or with photos through Product Safety Australia. 7. Sarah Hunstead says around 20 kids a week present to emergency departments after button battery incidents, and that saliva or snot triggers a chemical reaction that can cause serious injury in as little as two hours. 8. Her first aid sequence is to call triple zero for breathing difficulty or loss of consciousness, otherwise call Poisons Information on 13 11 26, and give two teaspoons (about 10 mils) of honey every 10 minutes, but not to children under 12 months. 9. Hunstead also warns about high-powered magnets that can erode through bowel, shares a story of a clown toy whose head fell off to reveal a five centimetre metal spike, and jokes "stay away from clowns." 10. Parents of young children who want practical product safety and first aid guidance will get the most from it.

Listen to the show on

Apple Podcasts Spotify

Play clips from this episode More from Wiggle Talk - A Podcast For Parents