PEDIATRICS Vol. 58 No. 6 December 1976, pp. 853-855
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A Lethal Pacifier

Richard E. Kravath M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, New York 10467

A 5-month-old boy died of asphyxia from airway obstruction caused by his pacifier. It had been imported from Spain by La Cibeles Inc. of Union City, New Jersey, and had been marketed in New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Florida, and Puerto Rico under the brand names Fauna, Flower, Navy, and Texas. It sold for about 50 cents. It is attractive in design, but has characteristics that make it dangerous. Following our report to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission,* the pacifier was recalled. We have been able to find only one similar case in the literature.1 The unnecessary tragedy was due to a preventable hazard and both individual and governmental action should avoid its recurrence.




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