Show p i T Y I. I Ui ID r rF 9 F f. f t 1 7 T x Ii at pr r r. r a F a J J Dont Don't let your medicines Become poisons Pour all old medicines down the drain Its It's cheaper than them letting them go bad Dont Don't Find Out By Accident When you see the skull and crossbones on the label of one of your household chemical aids do you think of Capt Kidd and his crew or of the crew of your own good ship Home THE TilE RIGHT answer mr the smart housewife is Both For the Jolly Roger as aspirates aspirates aspirates pirates bold called the skull and crossbones is just as clear a signal flag of danger today as when buccaneers sailed the Spanish Main But the skull and crossbones is not the on the label of a household product that should make the user exercise due caution In fact federal federa law now reserves the use o othis of this particular symbol for only the most poisonous of the household chemicals LABELS on other products may carry such stop signs as Warning Danger Caution Caution Caution Cau tion These labels mean just what they say Heeding them can keep the captain the mate and the small-fry small crew of your family boat sailing in safe seas The week of Mar 1420 20 has been designated National Poison Poison Poi Pol son Prevention Week by proclamation proclamation proc proc- of President Lyndon B B. B Johnson This is a good week to learn more about the labeling law that protects you and your children and most important to learn how to put this law to work for you TODA TODAY'S YS Y'S housewife has as many chemical servants at herbeck her herbeck herbeck beck and call as Aladdin ever had bottled up in his lamp All sorts of cleaners and polishes stock her shelves brighten her home and lighten her chores Her do yourself do it yourself husband has his ow own own workbench of paints and paint thinners and removers ers erSt removers solvents soldering compounds com com- compounds pounds fuels sometimes radiator radiator radi radl ator freeze anti-freeze and similar materials But however handy these household helpers are are- many ol of them contain chemicals that thai are cl dangerous in one way or another Some are poisonous if Ifa il If a accidentally swallowed some are flammable J or even explosive sive some ome me are caustic causti and corrosive corrosive cor cor- t to the skin still others are irritants or are or or are strong sen sen- that is they may cause one to become allergic to them CHILDREN are the most frequent frequent fre free quent victims of accidental poi Boning Ninety per cent of all such poisonings happen to youngsters under five years years' of age Every year there are about young victims The secret of keeping house household household house hold chemicals helpful not harmful lies in the information on the label of the product Before Before Be fore 1960 only a very few caustic caustic caustic cau cau- poisons were subject to federal labeling requirements In that year Congress passed the much broader Federal Hazardous Hazardous Haz Haz- Substances Labels n g Act Enforcement was assigned to the Food and Drug Administration Administration Adminis Adminis- U U. U S. S Department of Health Education and Welfare Wel Wel- fare TilE THE LAW requires certain specific information on the la label label la la- bel of any household product which is potentially dangerous What's in the product that makes it harmful necessary information information in formation for far the doctor in case of injury now HOW IT can harm flammable flammable flammable flam mable vapor har bar m f u 1 I poison etc Special words to flag the hazard hazard haz haz- ard DANGER WA WARNING WARN R N. N ING CAUTION and skull and crossbones if highly toxic WHAT TO DO to avoid harm What first aid to apply fn in incase case of or accident if it first aidon aid aidon aidon on your part is indicated TilE THE STATEMENT KEEP OUT OF THE TilE REACH OF CHILDREN Of or course the wise label reader eader does not stop top at reading read read- ing ng the label She acts on the Information it conveys Here are a few handy dos do's and don'ts for users of chemical household aids LOCK UP all dangerous substances sub sub- substances stances Never transfer poisonous substances substances sub sub- stances kerosene gasoline rat poison polson etc to food and bev beverage rage containers These containers con con- mean food and drink to the he the small child BE DE SURE you have adequate ventilation when using paints solvents finish removers and I other volatile liquids void Mold breathing vapors When you throw throwaway away hazardous hazardous haz haze materials be sure the I discarded contents cannot be reached by children and pets I READ ALL labels and follow all caution statements and and andl again KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN |