AAPCC and Poison Centers Issue Warning About Concentrated Packets of Laundry Detergent
Poison Centers Report Some Children Ill and Even Hospitalized After Exposure to Laundry Detergent PacketsAlexandria, VA (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 The American Association of Poison Control Centers and the experts at America’s 57 poison centers are urging the public, especially parents, to keep highly concentrated “single dose packs” of laundry detergent up and away from children, according to Debbie ...
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Poison control hotline in jeopardy
CONCORD (AP) — Parents, doctors, school nurses and others who rely on New Hampshire's poison control hotline in emergencies will have to turn elsewhere if funding isn't found to keep the line open after July 1.
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Poison centers: Teen hand sanitizer abuse rising
There's a new trend among teens looking for a buzz, doctors say, and it surrounds an unlikely household item designed to keep us germ-free: ethanol-based hand sanitizer. Teenagers are using it this stuff to get high, according to health officials. Poison control centers nationwide say reports are on the rise. The big issue here is the alcohol content, says Dr. Robert J. Geller, a medical ...
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Kids' lead poison limit drops
Atlanta — For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in young children.
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NH poison control hotline in jeopardy
Mothers, doctors, school nurses and others who rely on New Hampshire's poison control hotline in emergencies will have to turn elsewhere if funding isn't found to keep the line open after July 1.
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Poison control hotline in need of $600,000
Mothers, doctors, school nurses and others who rely on New Hampshire's poison control hotline in emergencies will have to turn elsewhere if funding isn't found to keep the line open after July 1. Karen Simone, director of the Northern New England Poison Center, said yesterday that $600,000 is needed to keep the line open in New Hampshire. She said the federal homeland security funding that has ...
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Consumer Forum: Grandparents and accidental poisonings
Posted May 06, 2012, at 4:12 p.m. Poison control centers across America receive a telephone call every 15 seconds regarding the possible accidental poisoning of a child. On average, a child is taken to an emergency room every 10 minutes for the same reason.
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