Home Safety Council® (Hsc) Launches Interactive Web Site for Hom

To kick-off Home Safety Month in June, the national nonprofit Home Safety Council is launching an interactive online safety destination – www.MySafeHome.org – and debuting new research findings that reveal what actions, if any, U.S. adults have taken to prevent the leading causes of home injury.

This year, the Home Safety Council's annual Hands on Home Safety campaign calls on families to take a room-by-room approach to making their homes safer and protecting against the leading causes of home injury - falls, poisonings, fires and burns, choking/suffocation and drowning. By encouraging families to tackle safety dangers room-by-room and providing the simple steps they can follow, the Home Safety Council aims to curb the nearly 20,000 deaths and 21 million medical visits that result from home injuries on average each year.

The Home Safety Council's new research reveals that U.S. adults rank the kitchen, bathroom and stairway/hallway as the most dangerous rooms of the home. Although the majority of the adults surveyed recognize the presence of injury risks in these areas, nearly half (45 percent) admit they have not taken action to make any of the rooms in their home safer.

"Our new research shows that while most adults are aware of the common dangers found throughout the home, they continue to show a disturbing disregard for safety," said Meri-K Appy, Home Safety Council president. "To help people take action and make the critical improvements needed to prevent home injuries, we are encouraging families to take a room-by-room approach. Start with simple and inexpensive changes in each area of your home, inside and out, and you'll make a real difference in your family's safety."

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