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Show Poison Prevention Poses Problems cabinets periodically. Throw away old medicines by flushing them down the toilet, rincing the container in water and discarding discar-ding it. 8. Ask for and use household products which are available in child-resistant packages. Safety packaging gives extra protection to your children. 9. And most important, keep all medicine, insect sprays, kerosene, lighter fluid, turpentines, tur-pentines, paints, solvents, and products containing lye and acids under lock and key. Poison Prevention is a people problem-really everyone's problem when a child is playing in your house. For further information in-formation about poison prevention, contact the Poison Control Center listed in your, phone book. j Poison Prevention Week, March 21-27 is one time each year that people are made aware that there are nearly 600,000 children poisoned each year. Every year 500 children in this country are killed by commonly used household products which are not thought to be poisonous or hazardous. , Another 500,000 swallow poisons but narrowly escape death only to have tragic injuries. Almost 90 percent of these children are under five years of age. The following is a list of what parents can do to make sure their children do not end up as a statistic this year: 1. Keep hazardous household products such as detergents, bleaches, lyes, cleaners, medicine, etc., out of reach and sight of children. 2. Store medicine separately from other household products and keep these items in their original containers - NEVER in cups or soft-drink bottles. 3. Be sure all products are properly labeled and read the label before using. 4. Always 'turn the light on when taking or giving . medication. 5. Avoid taking medication in the presence of children; remember, they always want to be just like their mother and father. 6. Refer to medication by their proper names. They are not "candy", "goodies" or "yum-yums" "yum-yums" or anything else. . 7. Clean out your medicine |