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Scotland's largest health authority has launched a safety campaign to highlight the growing number of children who are injured at home by hair straighteners.Scotland's largest health authority has launched a safety campaign to highlight the growing number of children who are injured at home by hair straighteners.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said there had been a "worrying" rise in the number of children suffering serious burns from touching the devices.NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said there had been a "worrying" rise in the number of children suffering serious burns from touching the devices.
Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Sick Children treated 36 babies and toddlers for burns from straighteners in 2007.Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Sick Children treated 36 babies and toddlers for burns from straighteners in 2007.
The health board said the number of cases for 2009 "could be even higher".The health board said the number of cases for 2009 "could be even higher".
Jo Stagg of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents told BBC Radio Scotland they remain hot long after being switched off:
She said: "Hair straighteners heat up to temperatures perhaps of up to 210C.
"They can take up to 40 minutes to cool down so even if mothers or big sisters whoever is using the hair straightener has unplugged them as soon as they have used them, they can take a considerable amount of time to cool down.
"That's when doctors are reporting that many children are suffering injuries.
"They're either grabbing the hair straighteners with their hands or in some cases they're standing on them."