The Nation - News from Oct. 21, 1985
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Disposable diapers have such potential to injure infants that they should carry warning labels, a University of Virginia assistant professor told doctors. Dr. Charles Johnson presented a paper on the hazards of disposable diapers to the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, now meeting in Atlanta. Johnson said that between 1979 and 1983, 15 children in the United States had died from suffocation after ingesting the plastic coverings of disposable diapers.
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