Are Your Personal Care Products Stored Safely?

According to an article in Clinical Pediatrics, from 2002-16 nearly 65,000 children under the age of 5 were treated at emergency rooms because of their exposure to makeup, nail polish, perfume and other personal care products — with 99 percent of the incidents...

Rules of the Road for Electric Scooters

Nearly a year after Milwaukee disallowed electric scooters, Governor Tony Evers has made it legal to operate electric scooters in the state of Wisconsin. The new legislation allows local governments to regulate how electric scooters are used in their community. If you...

An Overview of Boating Laws in Wisconsin

Before you head out to the lake, it’s important you are aware of Wisconsin’s boating laws. In the state of Wisconsin, anyone born after 1989 is required to have a boating safety certification card when driving a motorboat or personal motorized watercraft. Those born...

Do You Know the Basics of Bike Safety?

If you haven’t ridden a bike since you were a child — or are teaching a child of your own the rules of the road for bicycles — you might need a little refresher on bike safety. The easiest way to remember which side of the road you should be riding on — and whether...

Summer Playground Safety

According to a report by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), from 2009 – 2014, nearly 1.5 million injuries related to playground equipment were treated in emergency departments — that’s approximately 243,000 ER visits annually. More than half of those...