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There are old mushroom pickers, there are bold mushroom pickers, but there are no old, bold mushroom pickers.
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240,000 kids seen in ERs for cleaning substance injuries - 2007 and 2022. Poison Centers received 1.77 million calls for same time period. Most managed at home with first aid and education. 70% of cases would go the ER if poison centers did not exist.
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Whether spring cleaning or setting up the garden and year, be careful with chemicals when small children are present. Keep chemicals in original containers, put them away immediately after use and keep them high and out of sight.
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DOJ reclassifies state licensed medical marijuana as a schedule III drug, same class as codeine.
This may open the door to more research on the true benefits of cannabis in treating disease.
Non-medical marijuana is not legal at the federal level.
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Mionxidil hair growth solution recalled due to lack of child resistant packaging. An unintentional overdose of minoxidil by a small child can lead to dangerously low blood pressure.
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There has been a dramatic drop in overdose deaths since 2022-2023. With the increasing number and amounts of designer drugs in community drug supplies, there is fear the trend may reverse.

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Multiple iron containing supplements were recalled due to lack of child resistant packaging required by law. Prior to the 1970 safe packaging laws, iron poisoning was major cause of pediatric poisoning death.
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Herbal weight loss agent Tejocote Root was recalled due to contamination with yellow oleander, which can cause nausea, vomiting and potentially fatal abnormal heart rhythms.
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Fentanyl is an emerging cause of pediatric poisoning deaths. Hopefully this is confined to a single store.

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National poison prevention week is the 3rd week of March. It started in 1963 after a proclamation by JFK due to the large number of pediatric deaths and injuries due to poisoning at the time.
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List of products tested include swedish fish, nerds, sweet tarts, jolly ranchers, twizzlers and sour patch candies.

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Polonium 210, Novichok and a poison dart frog poison compound, Epibatidine, were allegedly used to poison people. What is Epibatidine? This BBC article has information the toxin found on the skin of the Ecuadorian poison dart frog. #Death
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Products tested include sweet tarts, nerds, jolly ranchers, sour patch candies.
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Huge numbers of money and stress saved by poison centers. For Illinois, it is estimated over $100 million dollars are saved each year. #poisoncenter #poisoncontrol

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Ice storms and severe weather can lead to carbon monoxide poisoning. Read the blog in the link to learn CO poisoning in the home.
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