Poison Prevention Resources

Preventing accidental poisoning in your home begins with awareness and proactive measures. Explore ways to store household chemicals, medications, and cleaning products out of reach of children and pets. Find resources to help educate family members, especially children, about the dangers of ingesting or mishandling these substances. Additionally, find ways to ensure proper ventilation in enclosed spaces to prevent accidental poisoning from gases and taking proactive steps to eliminate or mitigate risks to keep your household safe from accidental poisoning. Of course, you'll also find information on what to do in case of an incident.

• Avoiding lead exposure during pregnancy
• Blood test: lead
• Button battery injuries in children: a growing risk
• Button battery safety
• Childproofing and preventing household accidents
• Childproofing and preventing household accidents
• Childproofing your home from poisons
• Cough and cold medicine abuse
• Ear poisoning (ototoxicity)
• Emergency care & first aid center
• Face paints and makeup – how to avoid toxic ingredients
• First aid: poisoning
• First-aid kit
• Food poisoning
• Getting rid of old medicines
• Hand sanitizers: protect children from poisoning risk
• Household safety checklists
• How to safely store and dispose of medicines
• How to safely store and dispose of medicines
• Laundry room and detergent safety
• Lead poisoning
• Lead poisoning
• Lead poisoning
• Learn CPR
• Liquid nicotine used in e-cigarettes can kill children
• Medication safety
• Medication storage
• Medicines: using them safely
• Medicines: using them safely
• Poison control center
• Poison prevention
• Poison prevention and treatment tips
• Poison prevention: one pill can kill
• Prescription drug abuse
• Preventing poisoning
• What can parents do about heavy metals in baby food?
• What if my child was exposed to lead at school or daycare?
• What medicines are and what they do
• What you need to know in an emergency