It happens nearly every day that a child somewhere in the world gets his or her hands on some kind of household cleaning product and ends up spraying the cleaning product in his or her eyes and face. These types of chemical injuries in children especially can easily be prevented through adding a trigger spray onto the bottles of all household cleaning products. These trigger spray bottles were specifically designed and created to be a much safer alternative to the spray bottles that manufacturers have been using until now.
How do the Childproof Spray Bottles work?
Each one of these childproof bottles has two triggers. The one trigger faces forward right under the nozzle, which is the only trigger that most of the older spray bottles has. The second trigger jets out from the back and if you want the liquid inside the bottle to be dispensed, you have to press both triggers at the same time. The addition of the second trigger prevents the hands of a child to press both triggers at once, which is why these trigger spray bottles are a much safer option. Only an adult hand is able to press both triggers together. After you release both the triggers, it automatically locks again. The user does not have to do anything to ensure that it is locked.
There are spray bottles on the market that include a nozzle that has to be turned (exactly as an on/off switch) before you can use it to spray the liquid, but children are able to operate these nozzles and therefore they are ineffective in most cases. When manufacturers of chemical household products make use of the new trigger spray bottles for all their products, it will prevent the almost 6,000 injuries that are caused to children each year because of spray bottles.
Study on injuries caused by household cleaning products
A study that was conducted by experts and published in the Pediatrics journal in 2010, revealed that injuries that were caused due to household cleaning products decreased around 46% over a period of 20 years until now, but at the same time specific injuries that involved spray bottles stayed consistent during the same period. The study showed that 40% of all the injuries caused by household cleaning products from 1990 to 2006 were caused by spray bottles alone.
The above statistics sparked the idea of a new type of spray bottle that would both be easy for adults to use and difficult for children to operate.
Why are household cleaners so dangerous?
A variety of household cleaners are able to cause chemical burns, poisoning, dermatitis (reddened, swollen skin) and various other injuries. The above study revealed in addition that if a child was injured because of a spray bottle, he or she was 18 times more liable to make contact with the chemical substance externally, rather than inhaling or ingesting it. Furthermore, the child was 13 times more liable to sustain injuries to the eyes than any other type of injury.
Where can you find trigger sprays?
The best place to find quality trigger spray bottles for your products is online. When you search for them online, you are most likely to find a top company, such as MJS Packaging. What makes MJS Packaging so special? This company has many years behind them in the packaging industry, they offer extremely affordable, but high quality products and they offer many other services as well, such as the design and printing of logo’s and branding for all types of packaging.
You will save a lot of money and time if you order your trigger spray bottles from an experienced company that offers you all the relevant services under one roof.
