About 75 percent of the time, they can stop what's happening and take care of the issue right then. It saves a lot of people trips to the emergency room. |
In 1961, Congress decided to proclaim National Poison Prevention Week so we could get information out to people and let them know how important it is to keep children away from poisons. |
The number of children dying from poisons in the U.S. is going down. A lot of that is due to education and to poison centers. |