Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission
Alabama Department of Public
Health
U.S. Food and Drug
Administration
PREVENTION
POISON PREVENTION TIPS
The Alabama Poison Center I 2503 Phoenix Drive I Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 I FAX 205-345-7189
Half of the estimated 5 million accidental poisonings in the
United States every year involve children under the age of six.
Take a look at the photos below. Ingestions of something toxic
can only take only a few seconds from discovery to ingestion.
Children Act Fast and So Do Poisons
Any non-food item is a potential poison.
Each year in Alabama thousands of children are accidentally
poisoned by swallowing medicines, polishes, insecticides,
antifreeze, drain cleaners, and other household or garage
products.
Approximately sixty percent of all calls to the Alabama Poison
Center concern the poisoning of a child.
Some of these poisonings can be fatal, so it is the
responsibility of every adult to make sure children are not
exposed to potentially toxic substances.
And remember that persons of all ages can have serious
poisonous exposures -- children, teens, adults and seniors.
DO YOUR PART!
Take an active role in preventing accidental poisonings.
Follow the IMPORTANT POINTS on the left to see what
should ALWAYS be done, NEVER be done and then some
other points to remember.
IMPORTANT POINTS
