The holiday season is a time for gatherings and celebrations – and for many, enjoying festive drinks. While alcohol can be part of the fun, it also brings certain risks if not handled carefully, especially around children and guests.
Category: Poison Safety
Travel plans bring excitement and change, but they can also bring new risks. New places, different routines, and common traveling mistakes can all increase the risk of poisonings.
Glow sticks are a fun way to light up parties, concerts, and other events. If a glow stick breaks open, the liquid inside can cause irritation to the skin, mouth, and eyes.
From college campuses to coffee breaks, nicotine pouches are quickly becoming a trend everyone’s talking about.
Sunscreen helps prevent sunburn and premature skin aging, and it reduces the risk of skin cancer by blocking or absorbing harmful ultraviolet rays.
Winter brings new opportunities for kids to get into things they shouldn’t.
Older adults do not need the services of the Maryland Poison Center, right? Wrong!
As we quickly approach the holiday season, we’d like to take a moment to share something with you – a wrapped gift of all the resources we have created over the years to ensure you and your family have a poison-safe holiday season!
We are back with part 2 of “Will Kids Really Eat That?” where we continue exploring items we as adults think would be gross to eat but kids actually eat them all the time.
We hear this all the time at the Maryland Poison Center. And we do believe what happened. You may think you’re the first person to have done something worth calling the Poison Center about, but chances are our experts have heard it before.