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Please someone copy the info below and posted as comment at the Independent webpage.

How many drown or get poisoned per day?

Drowning death for kids less than 14: 2 per day
Poisoning death for kids: 2 per day

As per CDC:
How big is the problem?
From 2005-2009, there were an average of 3,533 fatal unintentional drownings (non-boating related) annually in the United States — about ten deaths per day. An additional 347 people died each year from drowning in boating-related incidents.2
About one in five people who die from drowning are children 14 and younger.2 For every child who dies from drowning, another five receive emergency department care for nonfatal submersion injuries.1

Every day, over 300 children in the United States ages 0 to 19 are treated in an emergency department, and two children die, as a result of being poisoned