This site is designed to provide parents, teachers, and children with the information they need to protect themselves and others from accidental poisoning. Poisoning is one of the leading causes of injury and death in the United States. It is estimated that between five and seven million people were poisoned in 1997. The number of poisoning related deaths have decreased dramatically from several hundred per year to less than 50 per year. Although the number of deaths has decreased, non-fatal posionings are still a problem.
Poisonings are most common in children ages one and two.