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16 December 2024

A Wrapped Gift – Holiday Poison Safety

  • Emily
  • Alcohol, Cannabis, Carbon Monoxide, Food Poisoning, Holiday Safety, Plants, Toy Safety, Traveling
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Lighted background with present wrapped in blue bow with decorative pine and white berries

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!

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27 July 2023

Little to Large Problem: The Danger of Water Beads

  • Guest Staff
  • Children, Poison Safety, Toy Safety, Water Beads
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A bowl of hydrated water beads and a child's hands above holding some water beads

Water beads can cause physical harm and have the potential of causing a severe, and sometimes deadly, small bowel obstruction in children.

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06 December 2018

Toy Safety for Your Tiny Tots

  • Emily
  • Button Batteries, Children, Lead, Magnets, Parents, Toy Safety
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Women perusing toy shelf at store with one toy already in hand.

Buying a present for a child this year? Chances are that at least one item on their list will be a toy. As you begin to shop for the holiday season, be aware that there could be hidden dangers for children in some of these gifts.

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