Safety & Training Short: Poison Prevention

What is a poison? 

A poison is defined as any product or substance that can harm someone if it is used in the wrong way, by the wrong person or in the wrong amount. Nearly 82 people in the United States are killed each day related to accidental poisoning. Another 1,900 are treated in emergency departments.
  
Examples of possible poisons include:

• Some household products
• Chemicals in the workplace or environment
• Drugs; prescription and over-the-counter
• Herbal, illegal or animal medicines
• Snake bites
• Insect stings
• Spider bites
• Scorpion stings

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