Stay-Tabs On Beverage Cans Pose Swallowing Risk To Children And Adolescents

Three decades ago, a study revealed that beverage can pull-tabs were being swallowed by children, prompting a switch by U.S. manufacturers to stay-tabs. But a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) found that the new tabs are still potentially unsafe. “One of the driving factors leading the change in beverage can construction in the U.S…

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Filed under: GastroIntestinal / Gastroentorology on December 2nd, 2009