Agonising mix of boiling water and mobile babies

This is a story about a baby who pulled down a vapouriser full of boiling water whilst in a baby walker. A baby walker standard was introduced in NSW in 2000 and nationally in 2002 but doctors warned that while it would prevent most falls down stairs it would not prevent burns. Most of the burns are caused by children using their extra movement and reach in the walkers to pull at electrical cords, cookers, heaters and irons. A Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit report found that injury rates from the walkers had declined only slightly since mandatory standards were introduced. The standards were copied from the US against advice from most safety experts, who wanted the product banned. Last month, Canada became the first country to ban baby walkers after the Government said requests for the industry to phase them out voluntarily had failed.