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U.S. CPSC March 15, 2005	National Poison Prevention Week Warnings About 78,000 children under five years old visited U.S. hospital emergency rooms due to unintentional poisonings from household products in 2003 -- about one every seven minutes. Parents and caretakers are given suggestions on how to reduce this rate.
U.S. CPSC March 16, 2004	National Poison Prevention Week Launched - Young Children At Greatest Risk for Unintentional Poisonings Parents and caregivers can prevent unintentional poisonings by using child-resistant packaging and keeping medicines and household products locked up and out of children's reach.
U.S. CPSC March 16, 2007	CPSC Urges New Parents to Adopt Lifesaving Routine to Prevent Child Poisonings CPSC and the Poison Prevention Week Council are kicking off National Poison Prevention Week (March 18-24) to educate and inform consumers of the dangers associated with unintentional poisonings.
U.S. CPSC March 13, 2002	CPSC Joins in Launching Poison Prevention Week National Poison Prevention Week is organized each year by the Poison Prevention Week Council, a coalition of national organizations, including the CPSC, working to prevent poisonings...
U.S. CPSC March 18, 2009	CPSC Warns that 9 Out of 10 Unintentional Child Poisonings Occur in the Home On average, each year an estimated 80,000 children are treated in hospital emergency departments for unintentional poisonings, making these poison prevention tips ever more important.
U.S. CPSC March 12, 2002	Leiner Health Products Recall of Dietary Supplements Containing Iron The supplements being recalled are not packaged in child-resistant packaging as required under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. If ingested by children, these iron-containing supplements can cause serious injury or death...
U.S. CPSC January 28, 2005	Leiner Health Products Recall of Multivitamins The vitamins, which contain iron that can cause serious injury or death if ingested by children, do not have child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act.
U.S. CPSC May 25, 2004	CPSC Warns about Pool Hazards, Reports 250 Deaths of Young Children Annually Among unintentional injuries, drowning has been the second leading cause of death to children under age 5, after motor vehicle incidents. CPSC is launching a campaign to help reduce the rate of drowning deaths.
U.S. CPSC September 12, 2006	CPSC Warns about TV, Large Furniture Tip-Over Dangers More than 100 deaths have been reported since 2000; most involve young children.
U.S. CPSC March 16, 2006	Inverness Medical Nutritionals Group Recall of Iron Supplements The iron supplements are not in child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. Ingesting multiple iron supplements at once can cause serious injury or death to young children.
U.S. CPSC June 23, 2011	Rugby Children's Pain & Fever Concentrated Drops Recalled Due To Failure to Meet Child-Resistant Closure Requirement Acetaminophen calls for child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. When in use, a child can access the medicine, posing serious health problems or death if more than the recommended dosage is consumed.
U.S. CPSC February 14, 2005	CPSC Releases Special Report On Older Consumer Injuries According to a new study on emergency room injuries of adults 65 and older, that age group is increasingly at risk for product-related injuries in or around the home, especially falls.
U.S. CPSC October 26, 2006	CPSC and CDC Warn of Winter Home Heating Hazards and Remind Consumers to Replace Smoke and CO Alarm Batteries The two government agencies are urging consumers to schedule a professional inspection of all fuel-burning heating systems, including furnaces, boilers, fireplaces, wood stoves, water heaters, chimneys, flues and vents.
U.S. CPSC October 8, 2003	CPSC Warns: Millions of Americans Have Smoke Alarms that Don't Work This is Fire Prevention Week (October 5-11), but the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates that millions of homes in the U.S. have smoke alarms that do not work. Usually, the batteries are dead or missing.
U.S. CPSC June 30, 2011	International Vitamin Corporation Recalls Live Better Vitamins Due to Failure to Meet Child-Resistant Closure Requirement The iron supplements are not in child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. Ingesting multiple iron supplement tablets at once can cause serious injury or death to young children.
U.S. CPSC January 20, 2004	Acrylic Primer for Nail Care Recalled by Sassi America Inc. This methacrylic acid primer is not packaged in child-resistant packaging, as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act.
U.S. CPSC July 17, 2003	DesignPac Recall of Lamp Oil The bottles of paraffin oil in these sets do not have the child-resistant closures required by federal law.
U.S. CPSC June 25, 2010	Scope(R) Original Mint Mouthwash Recalled by Procter & Gamble Due to Failure to Meet Child-Resistant Closure Requirement The mouthwash contains ethyl alcohol and certain bottles have malfunctioning child-resistant caps and lack the statement, "This Package for Households Without Young children," as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act.
U.S. CPSC December 18, 2009	Vicks Dayquil Cold & Flu Liquicaps Recalled by Procter & Gamble Due To Failure to Meet Child-Resistant Closure Requirement This cold and flu medicine, which contains acetaminophen, is not in child-resistant packaging and lacks the required package statement, and thus could cause serious health problems or death to a child if several of the capsules are swallowed.
This Old House Brittany Romano	3 Things to Do Right Now to Make Your Home Safer National Safety Month reminds us of what we can do to fix home hazards today.
American Family Physician December 1, 2006 Patricia G. Schnitzer	Prevention of Unintentional Childhood Injuries A guide to preventing the most common unintentional injuries in children of all ages.
U.S. CPSC July 12, 2005	NBTY Inc. Recall of Multivitamins The vitamins contain iron, but do not have child-resistant packaging as required by federal law. They could cause serious injury or death if ingested by a child.
U.S. CPSC June 13, 2005	The Perrigo Co. Recall of Multivitamins The vitamins contain iron, but do not have child-resistant packaging as required by federal law, which could cause serious injury or death if ingested by a child.
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U.S. CPSC January 5, 2007	CPSC and USFA Sound Carbon Monoxide Alarm As temperatures drop, potential for CO poisonings and deaths rises.
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American Family Physician April 15, 2002 William M. Simpson	Recognition and Management of Acute Pesticide Poisoning Acute pesticide poisoning is an unusual and potentially fatal reason for visiting a family physician in the outpatient or emergency department setting. These episodes are likely to occur so infrequently that the physician must go through a steep learning curve with each encounter...