National Poison Prevention Week is this month.
March 1998
National Poison Prevention Week is this month.
There are still over 2 million poisonings reported each year in the U.S. and Canada...more than half in children under 6.
It seems that keeping a bottle of ipecac on hand would be a good idea...but actually syrup of ipecac isn't used much anymore.
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