The most effective way to address poisonings is through prevention. Poisoning is common and can happen to you.
Poisonings occur in adults as well as children.
Of the two million exposures reported each year, nearly 100,000 occur in adults over 59 years old. Substances transferred into unmarked containers. Environmental toxins like carbon monoxide. Accidental misuse such as fumes from mixing cleaners. Often, older adults are less likely to have poison-proofed their homes because their children are grown, but a visit to grandma or grandpa's house could be hazardous.