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Toddler dies from drinking hairspray
Trinidad Express - South Bureau
Tuesday, May 12th 2009
A curious toddler who unscrewed a cover and drank from a bottle of hairspray died at the San Fernando General Hospital last week.
Little Tyrique Scipio was playing with the bottle in a bedroom at his mother's home at Emerald Drive, Couva, when he drank the liquid last Wednesday. He died two days later.
Tyrique was 21 months old and his mother, Kimberly Tyson, had already made plans for his second birthday in August.
His grandmother, Yvonne Scipio, said yesterday her grandson was a bundle of joy.
"He was a happy child who was always laughing. He started walking at an early age and was just learning to talk," she said.
Scipio said Tyrique and his brother, Tyrelle, 5, lived with their mother. The children's father, Stephan Scipio, 24, lives with his parents at Simpson Browne Terrace, Cocoyea.
Scipio said her son, who is employed with the Ministry of Works and Transport, was devastated by the child's death.
"No one is taking this easy, the child was smart and growing well," she said.
According to medical literature, there are six chemicals contained in hairspray considered poisonous, and it can do extensive damage to the digestive tract if swallowed, and lead to death in young children depending on the amount ingested.
The family was making funeral arrangements yesterday. A report was filed at the Couva Police Station. -Carolyn Kissoon
Toddler dies from drinking hairspray
Trinidad Express - South Bureau
Tuesday, May 12th 2009
A curious toddler who unscrewed a cover and drank from a bottle of hairspray died at the San Fernando General Hospital last week.
Little Tyrique Scipio was playing with the bottle in a bedroom at his mother's home at Emerald Drive, Couva, when he drank the liquid last Wednesday. He died two days later.
Tyrique was 21 months old and his mother, Kimberly Tyson, had already made plans for his second birthday in August.
His grandmother, Yvonne Scipio, said yesterday her grandson was a bundle of joy.
"He was a happy child who was always laughing. He started walking at an early age and was just learning to talk," she said.
Scipio said Tyrique and his brother, Tyrelle, 5, lived with their mother. The children's father, Stephan Scipio, 24, lives with his parents at Simpson Browne Terrace, Cocoyea.
Scipio said her son, who is employed with the Ministry of Works and Transport, was devastated by the child's death.
"No one is taking this easy, the child was smart and growing well," she said.
According to medical literature, there are six chemicals contained in hairspray considered poisonous, and it can do extensive damage to the digestive tract if swallowed, and lead to death in young children depending on the amount ingested.
The family was making funeral arrangements yesterday. A report was filed at the Couva Police Station. -Carolyn Kissoon
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Comment by Ryan Rambaran on May 17, 2009 at 13:08 -
and again the importance of a place for everything and everything in its place! supervision and moreso educating their children plays a pivotal role to ensure that chemicals and anything harmful are made aware to those who are around it or may come into contact with!
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Comment by Haala Nassir on January 22, 2010 at 3:16 -
I do agree with you Ryan. Even in these modern times people still attribute Safety with just in the workplace, and good housekeeping with just keeping everything clean. It is indeed sad for a parent to lose a child, and this was a baby. We need to ensure that more safety is practised in the home.
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