The 18-month-old boy and two-year-old girl were taken to hospital, where they were found to be unharmed, and they were back the following day at Castle Meadow Day Nursery in Mowbray House, Nottingham. The nursery immediately suspended two members of staff and began a disciplinary procedure.
Solutions made to deter people from biting their fingernails should not be given to children aged under five, according to a scientist who works for a company that manufactures such products. They contain a severely bitter-tasting ingredient which, he said, would not be harmful to young children but would be very distressing for them.
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