Show If I Homes Abound with Potential l Poisons AMA Official Warns I Children sur supposedly edl safe at home are arc poisoning themselves At the rate rale of nearly 1500 a It day When WIlen you consider that more Inore than a It quarter million used home products o ot i the market market mar mar- ket contain toxins it is 15 not difficult dif dlf to 10 understand why more moru than children die each cadi year from self administered poisons poison said F. F J J. J L. L Blasingame Blasin game MD M.D. executive Vice Vice- president of the American Med Med- MedIcal Medical ical foal Association Children ore are naturally curIous curious cu cu- rious noes especially the very young ones They are prone to sUck stick Into Inlo their mouths anything they ther can get in their theft hands It doesn t teven teven teven even have to taste good or look pretty Most accidental poisonings occur in children under five year Two are arc the most pot pot- Ison I- I son prone with year one close J behind At this tills stage in life IlEe their curiosity is G at its lIS height and their sense of fear fearnot fearnot fearnot not yet developed Dr Blasingame Blasin game gamo explain explained Medicine especially aspirin heads the list of 01 items children children seem to like liko to sample accountIng accounting account account- ing for lot nearly half of all accidental acci aed dental poisonings In fact too much of virtually any medicine can produce serious conse conse- Among tho the supposed non non- edibles that frequently find their way into children childrens stomachs stomachs stomachs achs are cleaning and polishing agents detergents shoo shoe polish cosmetics waxes insecticides paint turpentine chalk bleaches leaches plant loo foods b plaster perfume and decorations t I r s sK 3 h K d y b 1 10 Medicines account for marly half halt of all III accidental poisoning In United Stats States each tach year Jur Discard unused medicine and Ind keep rest hat out of childrens children's reach ruell A primary cause of such accidents accidents acci aed- dents denu says Dr Blasingame is storing poisonous substances in food lood containers or soft drink bottles boules A toddler Just fust naturally naturally nat nat- assumes that a soft drink bottle bottJe bottle contains a treat Hell drink whatever ho finds in ithe It The Tho facts are clear ho he warned Between 05 and 70 per cent of nil all poisonings take place because an item was ae ac accessible to a child If Hf were we're going to live in fn modem modern homes with modern conveniences and modem modern medicines medicines med med- we have to develop some up to standards that will make mako h home me safe for our children Among suggestions for lessening less Jess ening enina tho the poisoning hazards inthe Inthe in inthe the home Dr Blasingame suggested sug sug- Keep potential poisons out of reach roach and amI tightly sealed Never transfer toxic materials materials materials ma ma- Into household utensils Dont Don't leave your child alone in a room in which youre you're working with poi poI- sons Give medicines only in a alighted alighted alighted lighted room If IE your child might have taken en a poisonous substance call caU your doctor for instructions at nt once Dont Don't wait waft to sea what happens |