Danger
Children at home are the most common victims of accidental poisoning. Age 0-5 make up 51% of all calls to poison centers (4.3 million/yr), but they account for only 2 percent of the deaths. Cosmetics and personal care products are the leading substances this age group gets into.
Let’s use medical common sense keep a child from getting into products and medicines that can hurt them. Many substances around the home if used in wrong way or wrong amount or by the wrong person (esp. children) can be harmful.
The following is a room by room list of products found used in preventable accidental poisonings.
Kitchen:
Oven cleaner
Drain opener
Alcoholic beverages
Furniture polish
Cigarettes
Bedroom
Medicines
Scorpions
Bath
Toilet bowl cleaner
Hair relaxer
Perm solutions
Nail products
Mouthwash
Garage
Pesticides
Rust remover
Bug/Weed killers
Gasoline
Kerosene
Paint thinner
Lighter fluid
Lamp oil
Antifreeze
Windshield washer fluid
Batteries
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