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Many household cleaning products are poisons if inhaled or accidentally swallowed. Children are the main victims. Accidental poisoning is the most common medical emergency for children between the ages of two and ten. Colors and shapes of containers usually stored on shelves in kitchen or bathroom cabinets are special treasures for exploration by pre-school children. There is such a wide selection. The pink silver polish could be strawberry-flavored. For sure, the brown bottle of liquid furniture wax polish must be chocolate. One quick swallow becomes an emergency for that child.
Eating or nibbling on a leaf, seed, nut, or berry from many plants can produce circulatory collapse within thirty to fifty minutes. Other common plants can cause severe gastrointestinal disturbance.
Several classes of insects can give painful and harmful bites or stings. Death can occur within sixty minutes if a person is hypersensitive or allergic to the venoms of the bee, wasp, or ant.
Every minute counts in an accidental poisoning emergency. A call to the Blue Ridge Poison Center will
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