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Data analyzed from calls taken by the New York City Poison Control Center, provide yet more evidence that special attention needs to be taken to prevent poisonings. Medications, as the leading cause of childhood poisoning, are particularly concerning.
From the article:
In fact, poisoning is the third leading cause of hospitalizations for injury among children [...]
Read what the CPSC has to say about National Poison Prevention Week.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Each year, unintentional poisonings from consumer products commonly found in the home kill about 30 children and prompt more than 2 million calls to the nation’s poison control centers. More than 90% of these calls involve poisonings in the home. [...]
