How can you protect your children from iron poisoning?
An overdose of iron pills can seriously hurt or even kill children
who accidentally swallow them. In fact, iron is the leading cause
of posioning deaths in children under 6, despite child-resistant
packaging. Since 1986, over 110,000 such incidents have been reported
, including 33 deaths.
To protect children:
- Close any container of iron pills tightly as soon as you're
finished using it. And keep the pills in their original container.
- Put the container away immedialtely in a place that children
can't reach.
- Keep iron tablets, as well as all medicines, out of reach -- and
out of sight -- of children.
Source: Experted from
Protect Children from
Iron Poisoning, January 1997
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