Some information to pass along.

How many people have a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser or a Magic Eraser type product in their home? How many have children? How many have both? How many people know there is a potential danger if you do? I sure didn't until this morning.

I got my first Mr. Clean Magic Eraser as a freebie in the mail and I was instantly in love. It was a truly magic product. With just a little bit of water it was cleaning scuff marks and crayon drawings off my walls and floors with an unimaginable ease. I remember turning the little foam rectangle over and over in my hand trying to figure out how it worked. There was no apparent chemicals. Nothing I could see or smell on the product. I, niavely it seems, assumed it was the texture of the product that made the magic happen. For a while after I received that first one anyone who came into the house got a live demonstration. I would colour on my walls with crayon and show people how easily the crayon just wiped away with the tiniest anount of water. I encouraged every parent and grandparent to buy one for their home. I was like a real life infomercial.

Now because this product is so easy to use I would give it to my daughter to clean up any messes she had made. Crayon marks on the wall, pencil marks on the door, more crayon on the coffee table, you get the idea. It was just a little sponge with some water, how could it not be safe for Abby to use? It never occured to me that there could be a chemical component to this product and then I read this over at Kerflop. It's a post about how her 5 year old son suffered severe chemical burns to his face when the Scotchbrite version was rubbed against his face. She hesitated in sharing this story, but I think we can all be thankful that she did. I imagine the vast majority of parents, grandparents, guardians and caregivers out there had no idea this was such a potentially dangerous product. So, please, if you have any of this type of product in your home make sure it's in a place where your kids can't reach it and pass this information along.