Poison Prevention and Poison Treatment at Home

By The Mother Earth News Editors
Published on July 1, 1980
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Dr. Tom Ferguson wrote the Medical Self Care column in this magazine in the early 1980s.
Dr. Tom Ferguson wrote the Medical Self Care column in this magazine in the early 1980s.
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There's more to poison prevention than a scary label and a cork stopper.
There's more to poison prevention than a scary label and a cork stopper.

A substantial proportion of all accidents involving
children also involve poisons. But–according to the
National Poison Control Network–poison treatment can be handled at home in 85% of cases if the
adults who are present just remain calm and understand a
few simple procedures.

First, it must be noted that by “poisons” I really mean

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