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How Childproof Caps Ended 500 Annual Childhood Poisonings
How Childproof Caps Ended 500 Annual Childhood Poisonings
Five hundred children under five were dying each year from ordinary household bottles - aspirin, furniture polish, turpentine - items found in millions of postwar American homes. The answer wasn't a warning label but a physical barrier; how did the U.S. move from skull-and-crossbones labels to a law mandating child-resistant caps, and why did it take until December 30, 1970?
In this episode, we trace the shift from information-based fixes to engineered safety, following the data collected by the National Clearinghouse for Poison…
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