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600 Children Killed
Annually By Posion
Nearly 500 children are killed annually by poisoning from common household preparations and drugs, Dr. Fears, Local Health Director, warned yesterday.
Urging participation in the poison prevention activities of the Shenandoah Valley Accident Prevention Project. Dr. Fears appealed to parents to rcmr e poisons and other hazards in, in their homes or use adequate safeguadrs to prevent the needless killing of their children.
“The only sure way to prevent poisioning is to place all poisonous household substances and medicines under lock and key”, the Health Director said. “This means cleaning fluid, cjooking extracts, paint thinner, bleaches, kerosene, varnishes, shoe polish, and many other toxic substances generally found under the kitchen sink or on shelves or in closets. ’
Dr, Fears said that even ordinary medicines, such as aspirin and laxatives, which are harmless when taken as directed, may become lethal potions for small children.
“Thirty-three per cent of all childhood home poisoning cases result from eating drugs generally found in the bathroom medicine chest,” he said. “All medicines— not just the obviously poisonous ones—-should be kept' under lock and key. At the very least, PUT THEM BACK WHERE YOU GOT THEM. NEVER LEAVE MEDICINES ON A NIGHT STAND OR ANYPLACE A SMALL CHILD CAN REACH THEM!” . To aid parents in conducting a household safety check, the health department has available free of charge a home safety check list, fie said.
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