Welcome to the third edition of our home safety series. More than 90% of poisonings happen in the home. Keep an eye out for these potential poisons in your bathroom, and make sure you use and store them safely.
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What’s in Your House? Family Room Edition
Welcome to the second edition of our home safety series. More than 90% of poisonings happen in the home. Keep an eye out for these potential poisons in your family room, and make sure you use and store them safely.
What’s in Your House? Kitchen Edition
Welcome to the first edition of our home safety series. More than 90% of poisonings happen in the home. Keep an eye out for these potential poisons in your kitchen, and make sure you use and store them safely.
Poison Safety and New Year’s Resolutions
Whether you’ve made a new resolution or are rededicating yourself to a resolution you made last year (or many years ago), poison safety can impact the steps you take to achieve your goals.
What You Should Know About Caffeine
What’s your poison? Coffee or tea? Coke or Pepsi? Monster or Red Bull? Chocolate? No matter which one you pick, each contains caffeine. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) estimates that 80% of adults in the U.S. consume some form of caffeine every day.
What You Should Know About Marijuana (Cannabis)
Marijuana, also known as cannabis, is a drug with a lot of nicknames: Mary Jane, weed, or pot – to name a few. Below, we dive deeper into what you need to know about cannabis.
Take Charge of Your Health
Do you take medicines? Are you a caregiver to someone who takes medicines? If so, medicine safety is important for you!
Summertime Poisons
Each season comes with different poison safety tips that we should keep in mind. Here, we share why you should keep sunscreen and other summertime poisons in mind.
Frequently Asked Questions
In this post, we will discuss some of the questions callers have frequently asked our experts over the past 47 years.
Poisonous Plants
April showers bring May flowers, but some of those flowers and plants can be poisonous. Let’s take a look at the plants that specialists at the Maryland Poison Center received the most calls about last year.