"Parents look and, as consumers, assume that if something is on a shelf, it's on a shelf for good reason, and if it's designed for use by children or other fundamentally vulnerable communities, that it's safe, that they wouldn't sell it if it's dangerous,"
Dr. Benjamin Hoffman
, an Oregon-based pediatrician and chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Council on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention, told ABC News. "And the fact of the matter is, there are a lot of things that are fundamentally dangerous that are sold and there are even more things that get out there that we can't say are safe."
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