Posted: October 4th, 2011 | Tags: 1800-222-1222, berries, bugs, child, dirt, google my child ate, google my kid ate, google my toddler ate, Illinois, Illinois Poison Center, ipc blog, mother, mushrooms, nature, outside, plants, playground, www.illinoispoisoncenter.org | No Comments »
Bleeeaaauuugghh!!
Nasty!!!
Eeeeeewwww!!
How many times have you squealed aloud after discovering your child has recently delved into what they believe to be a culinary delight but you know to be just plain gross?
While getting outside to allow your brood some time to release excess energy is the primary goal, it may lead to unexpected, and often quite disgusting ingestions. Read more »
Posted: July 20th, 2010 | Tags: berries, child, Illinois, IPC, native, plants, scary, yew | No Comments »
By Erin Pallasch, PharmD and IPC Call Center Specialist
Recently, I set out on a quest to determine which would be the scariest berry ingestion a parent might call the 
Illinois Poison Center about. There are many toxic berries out there, but the one I would be most concerned with would be the Chinaberry. The ingestion of only 6-8 berries has been reported as fatal in a child. The good news is we don’t have any berries this toxic native to Illinois. Whew! Chinaberries have a large range of toxicity depending on the region they grow in and although these berries can be found in Hawaii, Texas and from Florida to Virginia, the fatalities reported have been from eating the African species. I’m relieved to know I am not likely to get a call about these berries here at the IPC, BUT we have plenty of berries native to Illinois to keep us quite busy. Read more »
Bleeeaaauuugghh!!
