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Show State Associations Focus Attention On Poison Dangers Every year more than a half-million half-million children in the United States are poisoned by accidentally acciden-tally ingesting medicines, cleaning clean-ing agents, waxes and polishes, insecticides, and other common household articles. More than 500 of these children die. In an effort to focus public attention at-tention on this the Utah State Medical Association and the Utah Pharmaceutical Association are cooperating to make National Poison Prevention Week in Utah an event of real public awareness. aware-ness. Governor Calvin Rampton also has Joined the crusade to "poison proof" Utah homes by declaring declar-ing March 14 to 20 "Poison Prevention Pre-vention Week in Utah." Special store displays, distribution distrib-ution of literature, and talks and announcements before women's and service clubs are all part of the campaign. The problem of accidental poi sonlng of children in the home is a growing one. As new products pro-ducts and medications reach the market, the incidence of poisonings poison-ings increase. Young children arc inquisitive. What they see, they take in their hands, and what they have in their hands goes into their mouths . If the substances sub-stances are harmful, the result can be deadly. Every parent is urged to take advantage of the pharmacist's knowledge and training In the safe handling and use of toxic substances Ask him how to properly prop-erly store petroleum products, medicines, cleaning agents and bleaches. In short, ask him how to poison proof your home so that your children cannot possibly possib-ly play with poisons. |