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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.
The major neurotoxin component of the blue-ringed octopus is a compound originally known as 'maculotoxin'; in 1978, this maculotoxin was found to be tetrodotoxin, [17] a neurotoxin also found in pufferfish, rough-skinned newts, and some poison dart frogs; the blue-ringed octopus is the first reported instance in which tetrodotoxin is used as a ...
The American Association of Poison Control Centers manages a 24-hour hotline (1-800-222-1222), which is continuously staffed by pharmacists, physicians, nurses, and poison information specialists who have received dedicated training in the field of toxicology. Calls to the number are automatically routed to the poison control center that covers ...
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 ...
The America’s Poison Centers said that there were 2,834 calls in 2023, a stark increase from 2022’s 2,323 calls. Assortment of Red Bull and Monster energy drinks in various flavors. Getty Images
Call 1-800-222-1222 to reach your local poison control center, anywhere in the United States. The call is free, private, 24/7/365, and expert help is available in more than 150 languages. The National Poison Prevention Week Council
Cannabis-related calls to poison control more than doubled between 2018-22 in Minnesota. Calls involving children 5 years old or younger increased more than six-fold, almost all of them due to ...