- Led by University of Melbourne researcher Dr Andrew Tagg, a group of doctors decided to conduct an experiment to see how long it would take to pass pieces of LEGO.
- The average journey in this small sample group was 1.7 days.
- They concluded swallowed LEGO wasn't a huge concern, but some toys can be dangerous to swallow and parents should still be vigilant.
Has your child ever swallowed a piece of LEGO?
Have you ever thought to yourself, "How long will it take to exit?"
Well, University of Melbourne researcher Dr Andrew Tagg and a handful of fearless paediatricians decided to take a couple of LEGO heads for the team so they could answer that very question.
Based on their Stool Hardness and Transit scores and their Found and Retrieved Time scores, the average journey in this small sample group was 1.7 days — a part from one unfortunate paediatrician who still hadn't found his lost yellow head after two weeks of searching.
All up, they concluded swallowed LEGO wasn't a huge concern, but according to Dr Tagg: "Although the majority of items children swallow pass through, some can be dangerous and parents should still be vigilant."
You can read the research published in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health here.
There's also a great question and answer session about how it all came to pass here.
And if you still don't believe it, here's the video — of the doctors eating LEGO:
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