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U.S. CPSC
March 13, 2002 |
CPSC Joins in Launching Poison Prevention Week National Poison Prevention Week is organized each year by the Poison Prevention Week Council, a coalition of national organizations, including the CPSC, working to prevent poisonings...   |
U.S. CPSC
March 16, 2006 |
National Poison Prevention Week Launch: Young Children Remain Most Vulnerable for Unintentional Poisonings Thirty children younger than 5 years old die from unintentional poisonings each year. Most of these poisonings are from products commonly found in the home. Here are poison prevention tips for parents and caregivers. |
U.S. CPSC
March 16, 2007 |
CPSC Urges New Parents to Adopt Lifesaving Routine to Prevent Child Poisonings CPSC and the Poison Prevention Week Council are kicking off National Poison Prevention Week (March 18-24) to educate and inform consumers of the dangers associated with unintentional poisonings. |
U.S. CPSC
March 15, 2005 |
National Poison Prevention Week Warnings About 78,000 children under five years old visited U.S. hospital emergency rooms due to unintentional poisonings from household products in 2003 -- about one every seven minutes. Parents and caretakers are given suggestions on how to reduce this rate. |
U.S. CPSC
March 18, 2009 |
CPSC Warns that 9 Out of 10 Unintentional Child Poisonings Occur in the Home On average, each year an estimated 80,000 children are treated in hospital emergency departments for unintentional poisonings, making these poison prevention tips ever more important. |
U.S. CPSC
June 23, 2011 |
Rugby Children's Pain & Fever Concentrated Drops Recalled Due To Failure to Meet Child-Resistant Closure Requirement Acetaminophen calls for child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. When in use, a child can access the medicine, posing serious health problems or death if more than the recommended dosage is consumed. |
U.S. CPSC
January 28, 2005 |
Leiner Health Products Recall of Multivitamins The vitamins, which contain iron that can cause serious injury or death if ingested by children, do not have child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. |
U.S. CPSC
March 12, 2002 |
Leiner Health Products Recall of Dietary Supplements Containing Iron The supplements being recalled are not packaged in child-resistant packaging as required under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. If ingested by children, these iron-containing supplements can cause serious injury or death... |
U.S. CPSC
March 16, 2006 |
Inverness Medical Nutritionals Group Recall of Iron Supplements The iron supplements are not in child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. Ingesting multiple iron supplements at once can cause serious injury or death to young children. |
U.S. CPSC
January 20, 2004 |
Acrylic Primer for Nail Care Recalled by Sassi America Inc. This methacrylic acid primer is not packaged in child-resistant packaging, as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. |
U.S. CPSC
July 17, 2003 |
DesignPac Recall of Lamp Oil The bottles of paraffin oil in these sets do not have the child-resistant closures required by federal law. |
U.S. CPSC
June 30, 2011 |
International Vitamin Corporation Recalls Live Better Vitamins Due to Failure to Meet Child-Resistant Closure Requirement The iron supplements are not in child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. Ingesting multiple iron supplement tablets at once can cause serious injury or death to young children. |
U.S. CPSC
June 25, 2010 |
Scope(R) Original Mint Mouthwash Recalled by Procter & Gamble Due to Failure to Meet Child-Resistant Closure Requirement The mouthwash contains ethyl alcohol and certain bottles have malfunctioning child-resistant caps and lack the statement, "This Package for Households Without Young children," as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. |
This Old House
Brittany Romano |
3 Things to Do Right Now to Make Your Home Safer National Safety Month reminds us of what we can do to fix home hazards today. |
U.S. CPSC
December 18, 2009 |
Vicks Dayquil Cold & Flu Liquicaps Recalled by Procter & Gamble Due To Failure to Meet Child-Resistant Closure Requirement This cold and flu medicine, which contains acetaminophen, is not in child-resistant packaging and lacks the required package statement, and thus could cause serious health problems or death to a child if several of the capsules are swallowed. |
U.S. CPSC
June 13, 2005 |
The Perrigo Co. Recall of Multivitamins The vitamins contain iron, but do not have child-resistant packaging as required by federal law, which could cause serious injury or death if ingested by a child. |
U.S. CPSC
July 12, 2005 |
NBTY Inc. Recall of Multivitamins The vitamins contain iron, but do not have child-resistant packaging as required by federal law. They could cause serious injury or death if ingested by a child. |
American Family Physician
December 1, 2006
Patricia G. Schnitzer |
Prevention of Unintentional Childhood Injuries A guide to preventing the most common unintentional injuries in children of all ages. |
Managed Care
February 2005 |
Headlines On Deadline ... The data used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were exaggerated... Health care Web sites may be chock full of information, but many people 65 or older haven't taken advantage... etc. |
National Gardening
Suzanne DeJohn |
Leaves of Three Poison ivy - identifying it, preventing it, treating it, eradicating it. |
Chemistry World
June 12, 2015 |
Synthetic cannabinoid poisonings surge in US US poison control centres have experienced a 229% increase in the number of calls related to synthetic cannabinoid use in 2015 compared with last year. |
Chemistry World
July 25, 2012 |
Drugs Top EU Counterfeit Imports In 2011, EU customs officers stopped 115 million products suspected of violating intellectual property rights. Medicines top the list, accounting for 24% of those items. |
This Old House
September 2, 2015
Karen Ziga |
4 Common Myths and Facts About Poison Ivy The truth about this dangerous plant -- from the experts |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2006 |
Tips for Using Medicines Wisely A patient guide and suggestions for safe medicine use. |
Food Processing
June 2013
Craig Casillas |
Food Packaging's Role in Food Safety How malfunctioning packages and the supply chain - things you might think are out of your control - can greatly impact the safety of your products. |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2002
William M. Simpson |
Recognition and Management of Acute Pesticide Poisoning Acute pesticide poisoning is an unusual and potentially fatal reason for visiting a family physician in the outpatient or emergency department setting. These episodes are likely to occur so infrequently that the physician must go through a steep learning curve with each encounter... |
