ACT FAST IF YOU THINK SOMEONE HAS BEEN POISONED!

  • If you find your 2-year-old with an open bottle of medicine
  • If your spouse mixes household cleaners and can’t stop coughing
  • If your teenager overdoses
  • If that liquid in the glass wasn’t soda
  • If you think someone has been poisoned…

Call National Poison Center at 1-800-222-1222 right away!

 

The National Poison Center…

Saves Lives And Reduces Illness From Poisonings
Quick action could save a life.  About half of poisoning emergencies involve small children, but we also provide immediate life-saving information for suicide attempts, medication errors, chemical spills, occupational exposures, product misuse, drug interactions and pet poisonings.

Reduces Your Health Care Costs
About 67% of Poison Center callers are treated at home…safely.  That saves the region’s residents over $18 million/year in unnecessary health care costs.

Prevent Poisonings
Reported poisonings are monitored for new or unusually dangerous hazards.  When we identify a problem, we urge manufacturers and government regulators to change the formulation, improve the closure or even ban the product.

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