Magic Eraser Users?

[christykay]

My girlfriend forwarded this information to me this morning so I thought I would share it with you all. If you have Magic Eraser type cleaning sponges in your home or know of someone who does please pass this information onto them.

These burns were caused by a Magic Eraser type sponge. The mom in this case let her kids erase their crayon marks off the walls and never even thought the sponges would have this kind of chemical in them that would cause this kind of burn or even hurt them. Learn from her mistake. Pass this along to anyone who has kids or grandchildren. The photo is of Kolby - 24 hours after being burned by a Magic Eraser sponge. It was much worse the day before. Here is the email: One of my five year old's favorite chores is cleaning scuff marks off the walls, doors, baseboards with the Easy Eraser pad or the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. I remember reading the box, wondering what the "magic" component was that cleaned crayon off my walls with ease. No ingredients were listed and absolutely no warning were on the box, other than "do not ingest". Since my child knew not to eat the sponges it was a chore I happily let him do. If I had kown that these sponges contain a harmful alkaline or "base" chemical that can burn your skin, I never would have let my child handle them. As you can see from the photo, when the Easy Eraser was rubbed against his face and chin he received severe chemical burns. I quickly searched Google.com<http://google.com/> for "Magic Eraser Burn" and turned up several results. I was shocked. These completely innocent looking white foam sponges can burn you?