Keep Up-to-Date on the Latest Poison News
The AAPCC works with America's 55 poison centers to track poisonings and their sources, including household products, food and beverages, chemicals in the workplace and home, environmental toxins, drugs and medicine, and animal and insect bites and stings.
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E-Cigarettes and Liquid Nicotine
Liquid nicotine exposures continue to concern poison specialists.
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Laundry Detergent Packets
Highly concentrated “single-load liquid laundry packets” can cause serious harm to young children.
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Opioid (Narcotic) Pain Medications
Poison center data indicate that opioid and sedatives exposures are steadily increasing year over year.
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Synthetic Cannabinoids
Use of synthetic cannabinoids can cause dangerous health effects like psychotic episodes and seizures.