Poison Prevention Starts with You - Protect Your Kids and Pets
For Release: March 19, 2015
In honor of Poison Prevention Week, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission Elliot Kaye have co-authored a blog post to remind us of how easy it is to prevent poisonings at home. With an estimated 80,000 children going to the emergency room each year due to poisons, these simple steps to poison-proof your home are real life savers.
Help spread the word about Poison Prevention Week by sharing our blog post and messages through social media, listservs, and other outreach opportunities:
Poison Prevention Week is from March 15-21, 2015. Use the hashtag #preventpoison to share what you are doing to help prevent poisonings.
Looking for additional resources to poison-proof your home and protect your family? Check out our website.