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27 March 2020

Hand Sanitizer Safety

Emily Adults, Alcohol, Children, Hand Sanitizer, Poison Exposures, Pre-Teens, Teens Leave a Comment
Hand getting a pump of hand sanitizer from bottle

While hand sanitizer can be harmful if swallowed, it is safe and effective when used in the correct amount and correct way.

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17 March 2020

Don’t Search…Just Call!

Emily Poison Expert, Poison Exposures, Specialist in Poison Information Leave a Comment
A collage with the left side showing a person typing on a laptop with a pill container sitting next to it. The right side is showing a person holding a cellphone up to their ear.

The best advice to follow if you think a poisoning or overdose has happened: don’t search the internet, just call the poison center. You can get accurate information in seconds by pressing 10 buttons: 800-222-1222.

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24 February 2020

What’s in Your House? Bathroom Edition

Emily Alcohol, Cleaning Products, Home, Medicine, Personal Care Products Leave a Comment
A blog series showing rooms of a house with different products highlighted in each.

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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11 February 2020

What’s in Your House? Family Room Edition

Emily Alcohol, Button Batteries, Carbon Monoxide, Cigarettes, E-cigarettes, Home, Plants Leave a Comment
A blog series showing rooms of a house with different products highlighted in each.

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.

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29 January 2020

What’s in Your House? Kitchen Edition

Emily Alcohol, Cleaning Products, Food Poisoning, Home, Medicine Leave a Comment
A blog series showing rooms of a house with different products highlighted in each.

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.

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14 January 2020

Poison Safety and New Year’s Resolutions

Emily Cleaning Products, E-Cigarette, Holiday Safety, Medicine Disposal, Nicotine, Supplements, Vaping Leave a Comment
Yellow desk with notepad written 2020 and goals plans and actions. Other desk items surround the notepad including pens, thumbtacks, sticky notes, a plant, a keyboard, a cup of coffee, glasses, and a cellphone.

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.

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19 December 2019

What You Should Know About Caffeine

Emily Adults, Caffeine, Children, Pre-Teens, Teens Leave a Comment
Word cloud 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.

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10 December 2019

Why So Many Questions?

Guest Staff About Us, Poison Expert, Specialist in Poison Information Leave a Comment
Jen Malloy

When you call the poison center, you often need information or help with a particular situation. You just want an answer to your question. We asked Jen, one of our poison experts, to explain why we ask a series of questions.

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22 November 2019

Meet Our Experts: Jimmy

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James Leonard

One of the goals of our eAntidote blog is to introduce you to the real poison experts who answer the phones at the Maryland Poison Center (MPC), as well as our staff members. Read this Q&A to get to know one specialist: James (Jimmy) Leonard.

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07 November 2019

What You Should Know About Marijuana (Cannabis)

Emily Cannabis, Vaping Leave a Comment
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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.

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