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Medicine and Poison safety
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What steps can I take to help prevent accidental poisoning?
Medicine and Poison safety
A child is accidently poisoned every 30 seconds
And more than 50% of all poisoning occur at HOME children under 5 years of age. Each year thousands of children are poisoned by common household products such as insect sprays, cleaners, paints, bleach, perfumes and medicines
The first step in preventing unintentional poisoning is to keep common household chemicals and medicines out of sight and out of reach of childre. Store chemicals, cleaners and medicines in locked cabinets and on higher shelves. Special toddler locks are available for kitchen cabinets.
