“Parents should not give their children medicine from an ordinary teaspoon,” said the Daily Express. The newspaper said that spoon size can vary greatly, leading to doses that are far too large or small. The research behind this story measured the sizes of a sample of teaspoons collected from 25 households in Greece. These varied in size, with the smallest holding 2.5ml of liquid and the largest holding 7.3ml. A standard dosing teaspoon holds 5ml. The research also found variation in the amount of medicine participants used to fill a standard 5ml spoon.