Homemade slime is all the craze among kids, but much like any do-it-yourself toy, the gooey concoction comes with risks.
Earlier this month, 11-year-old Kathleen Quinn, of Rockland, Massachusetts, suffered second-and third degree burns after making the slime with Elmer’s Glue, water and the household cleaner Borax, CBS News reports.
Doctors told the family that Borax caused the injuries, according to CBS.
Although Borax is usually used as a key ingredient in homemade slime, Consumer Reports Scientific Officer James Dickerson told People the household cleaner should not be used in “projects like making slime.”
“It’s a material that...
Earlier this month, 11-year-old Kathleen Quinn, of Rockland, Massachusetts, suffered second-and third degree burns after making the slime with Elmer’s Glue, water and the household cleaner Borax, CBS News reports.
Doctors told the family that Borax caused the injuries, according to CBS.
Although Borax is usually used as a key ingredient in homemade slime, Consumer Reports Scientific Officer James Dickerson told People the household cleaner should not be used in “projects like making slime.”
“It’s a material that...
- 3/29/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
An 11-year-old Massachusetts girl suffered blistering burns to her hands after making “slime” at her home last week, prompting many to wonder if the popular homemade gooey concoction is safe for children.
Kathleen Quinn, of Rockland, said her hands began to feel really “hot and tingly” after she used Elmer’s Glue, water and the household cleaner Borax to make the do-it-yourself slime at her kitchen table, CBS News reports.
“She was like crying in pain, ‘My hands hurt, my hands hurt,’ ” Siobhan Quinn, Kathleen’s mother, told CBS. “And we looked at them and they were covered in blisters.
Kathleen Quinn, of Rockland, said her hands began to feel really “hot and tingly” after she used Elmer’s Glue, water and the household cleaner Borax to make the do-it-yourself slime at her kitchen table, CBS News reports.
“She was like crying in pain, ‘My hands hurt, my hands hurt,’ ” Siobhan Quinn, Kathleen’s mother, told CBS. “And we looked at them and they were covered in blisters.
- 3/28/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
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