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Poison Centers provide free, confidential, and expert medical advice via the Poison Help hotline: 1-800-222-1222. Each center answers calls to Poison Help from a designated geographic area, including calls from the public, hospitals, EMTs, and other health care providers.
[6] [7] By 1957 there were 17 poison control centers in the U.S., with the Chicago center serving as a model; these centers dealt mainly with physician enquiries by giving ingredient and toxicity information about products, along with treatment recommendations. Over time the poison control centers started taking calls from the general public.
If your pet has eaten mistletoe, keep an eye on the development of symptoms and contact your veterinarian or the American Poison Control Center. Pet-Safe Holiday Plants. When it comes to keeping ...
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Dr. Tina Wismer, senior director of toxicology at the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, says, “Holly is a common holiday plant that people decorate with. The leaves themselves are leathery and ...
The warm, soggy summer across much of the Midwest has produced a bumper crop of wild mushrooms — and a surge in calls to poison control centers. At the Minnesota Regional Poison Center, calls ...
Venable, N. J.; West Virginia University Extension Service (1988), Selected Trees and Shrubs of West Virginia (PDF), West Virginia University Extension Service, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-12
The American Association of Poison Control Centers, representing the poison control center network of the United States, offers the following poison prevention tips: If you think someone has been poisoned, call 1-800-222-1222 right away. Serious poisonings don't always have early signs.