For the past 46 years, National Poison Prevention Week has worked to educate and inform consumers of the dangers of unintentional poisonings. These efforts have contributed to significant strides in poison prevention. Child deaths related to poisonings have dropped from more than 200 in the 1970s to about 36 a year. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Poison Prevention Week Council are working to further reduce the number of unintentional poisoning deaths and injuries. You can help too! Read the news release below on poison prevention. Then hang the awareness poster in a prominent place.
Press Release: Poison Prevention; CPSC Urges New Parents to Prevent Child Poisonings
Press Release: Spanish
2007 Poison Prevention Presidential Proclamation (White House Web Site)
2007 National Poison Prevention Week Poster - Two Sided: (English / Spanish)
