The California Poison Control System urges action during Lead Poisoning Prevention Week and offers lead poisoning prevention tips. Held annually, National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week was created to ...

Scammers love to seed the internet with fake customer service numbers in order to lure in unsuspecting victims who are just trying to fix something wrong in their life. Con artists have done it to ...

Every year, Poison Control Centers in the U.S. receive more than a million calls related to accidental poisonings in young children, and thousands are treated in emergency departments. A child is ...

Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22 is the world’s annual reminder of the importance of protecting the environment and how our actions, good or bad, impact it. California Poison Control System urges you to ...

New York’s relationship with the Internet is toxic. Adults overwhelmingly made up the majority of subjects who called the city’s Poison Control Center last Halloween — but not because they’re suddenly ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Recent unseasonable rainfall in the Valley is bringing rarely seen toads and mushrooms to parks and backyards. An increase in these organisms in the Valley has prompted warnings ...

SEATTLE — A plant-based substance marketed as a natural energy booster is concerning Washington's poison center. The substance, known as "kratom," is an herbal supplement that's often sold in ...

The rate of exposures to medications, dietary supplements, and psychoactive substances among children aged 6-12 years reported to US poison centers increased substantially between 2000 and 2023, ...

The Iowa Poison Control Center is a lifeline in emergencies, but poison emergency calls used to go to phone lines at hospitals scattered across the country. Today, we mark 25 years since the center ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Wednesday marked 25 years of service for the Iowa Poison Control Center. The center, which is located in Sioux City, was founded in 1999. Since then, this 24/7 call service has ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Celebrating 25 years of being there for Iowans 24/7. The Iowa Poison Control Center has been around for 25 years this year. The IPCC is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, ...

Sales of nicotine pouches have soared nationwide in the last few years. Now poison control centers are reporting more and more calls after children ingest these products. A recent article in the ...