(USA TODAY)-- Here's one more thing that parents of Internet-savvy, risk-taking teens should take heed of: construction of homemade blowgun darts and the risk of accidentally inhaling the projectiles.
It seems kids will never stop coming up with creative ways to injure themselves, if the cases of three teen boys and their homemade blowguns are any indication. Doctors at one hospital describe ...
(CBS News)-- Kids will be kids, and sometimes when they goof around they hurt themselves. The Internet has brought these risks to whole new levels, prompting recent warnings from pediatricians over ...
A 15-year-old boy in Ohio required a visit to the emergency room after he inhaled a dart from a homemade blowgun, according to a new report of his case. The dart lodged in the boy's airway after he ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Blowgun darts may backfire and get lodged in teenagers' throats, according to a new report from one hospital. Surgeons at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, ...
Breathing in, not out, has landed several homemade blowgun enthusiasts in the emergency room, a study says. They recovered with no lasting harm.... Parents would like to think their teenage sons are ...
Two Hernando County men were arrested Sunday afternoon, accused of shooting passing motorists with homemade darts fired from blowguns. Scott Russell Tucker, 20, and Ernest E. Grant, 19, allegedly made ...
Parents would like to think their teenage sons are spending the summer reviewing calculus. Unfortunately, at least a few of them may be manufacturing homemade blowguns, with unexpectedly painful ...