The IPC wrote a blog several months ago on the potential dangers of button batteries during the past holiday season. As an update, a new study recently published in Pediatrics, shows that ER visits related to batteries have doubled in the past 20 years; most of the increase has occurred in the past 8 years … more
For years the IPC has received calls involving a child getting into laundry detergent. Luckily, an unintentional taste of powder or liquid laundry detergent by a child is expected to cause minimal toxicity: throat or stomach irritation at the worst. In fact, most children don’t develop any symptoms at all. However, over the past couple … more
Great Fun, Great Deal , Great Cause! Buy discounted tickets to Six Flags Great America and earn dollars to support the Illinois Poison Center (IPC). Purchase online tickets to Six Flags Great America Coasters for a Cause Event held May 18th and 19th. Tickets are discounted to $28 and $5 will be donated to the … more
Public health is distinct from health care in that public health focuses on the prevention of disease within populations, while health care focuses on the treatment of disease in individuals. (2002 National Health Policy Forum) The first poison control center in the nation was started in Illinois in 1953. Its main purpose was to … more
This post goes out to the all the Dads trying to make Mother’s Day special. You may want to let Mom sit back and relax while you provide some household cleaning, help out with daily medications for the kids, or possibly even get the little critters involved in a little craft making! All of these … more
Now that warm weather is here, you are no doubt starting your garden again. One thing you may not have considered is the amount of lead in the soil in your garden. Lead poisoning can cause children to be overly active, inattentive, and even a small amount in a child can lower intelligence and slow … more
