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Subject: 
Re: Something I didn't know about LEGO...
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Date: 
Fri, 14 Jul 2000 04:54:31 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Eric Kingsley writes:
[...]
Anyway as part of the discussion the nurse there pointed out that LEGO Bricks
(OK she said "Legos" and I didn't correct her ;-) are X-Ray Transparent.
Meaning that LEGO does not show up on X-Ray's if they have been swallowed etc.
They say you can sometimes see the void made by the LEGO but not the LEGO
itself which makes it a bit difficult for them when a Child has swallowed LEGO.

Or inhaled it.  I suspect that's one reason
1x1 cylinders have a hole in the top now
(way back when, they had a regular stud).
Just a thought...

-Tim



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  Something I didn't know about LEGO...
 
As many of you know I my wife and I are expecting our first child. Well we have started going to all our classes and on Monday we had our Infant and Child CPR class. First its interesting to note that LEGO showed up on a ton of their slides as (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)

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