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Poisoning
* Lists non-commercial sites providing information on poisoning to health consumers.
* Many poisoning occur while adults are using a household product life a bathroom cleanser or bleach.
* Many poisonings happen when visiting a household where only adults live
  - without direct observation
  - involve adults using chemicals without proper safety precautions
* Many poisonings occur when a product is in use
  - the daily household routine has been disrupted
* Many poisonings occur while adults are using a household product like a bathroom cleanser or bleach
  - product is being used
* Most poisoning is caused by ingestion
  - occurs in spring or fall
  - result of overdoses of the drug
* Most poisonings are accidental and therefore preventable
  - accidental, but a substantial number are the result of suicide attempts
  - also due to ingestion of contaminated hay over a period of time
  - from consuming raw mushrooms, but some come from cooked ones as well
  - do occur in the home
* Most poisonings happen in the home and involve children
  - while the product is being used
* Most poisonings occur and are treated at home
  - around mealtime when the child is hungry and the caretaker is distracted
  - by swallowing toxic liquids
* Most poisonings occur when a substance is swallowed
  - nontarget species consume commercial baits
  - the product is in use
* Some poisoning is caused by mushrooms.
* Use the child-resistant closures that come on most medicines and household chemicals.
* also affects cattle, sheep, horses, and fowl.
* are most common in children ages one and two
  - the most common and well-known acute effect
* arises from depriving the tissues of oxygen and from the direct toxic effect of the gas.
* begins as easily as breathing.
* can also occur from skin absorption
  - through drinking water that comes from lead pipes
* can be a life- threatening situation
  - an accident or a deliberate attempt to commit murder or suicide
  - another cause of dementia
* can be through ingestion or inhalation
  - inhalation or ingestion of the chemical
  - cause serious illness or death
  - come from known dangerous chemicals as well as common household substances
* can happen anywhere, anytime
  - when young children swallow medicines and household chemicals
* can occur at all times of the day or night
  - in many ways
  - readily through exposure of skin or eyes, or when inhaled or swallowed
* can occur through oral ingestion, inhalation, dermal absorption, and ocular instillation
  - swallowing, skin contact, inhalation or by eye contact
* can occur when gas ovens or grills are improperly used as room heaters
  - people are exposed to contaminated water, dust and soil
  - with consumption of just one or two bulbs
  - often be fatal to a gerbil
  - result through ingesting lead paint chips or inhaling lead dust
* caused by prussic acid is somewhat similar to nitrate poisoning.
* causes severe stomach and intestinal irritation with diarrhea and slow pulse
  - sickness
* favorite way for female serial killers to dispatch their victims.
* happen every day
  - when children swallow their parents' iron pills
* happens a few days after onion consumption.
* has a maximum sentence of life in prison
  - onsets
  - rapid onsets
* is an ancient form of murder
  - another common cause of childhood injury
  - common in sheep, but occurs occasionally in cattle
  - due to the corrosive action on the gastrointestinal tract
  - events
  - harmeds
  - illnesses
  - killing
  - more common in humans than in animals
  - most common in late fall and winter
* is one of the leading causes of health emergencies for children in Florida and the nation
  - of injury and death in the United States
  - most common emergencies in children
* is probably the main reason so few wolves remain today
  - there are so few wolves left today
  - rare because death occurs only if the plant is eaten in large quantities
  - relatively common following breathing in smoke from a house fire
  - similar to paralytic shellfish poisoning
* is the fourth leading cause of death in children
  - result of damage to spleen, brain, and liver
  - third leading cause of accidental death in children
  - usually through ingestion
* kills too many, and it affects other wildlife.
* leading cause of home-based accidents for ages one to three.
* means occurrence of damage or disturbance caused by a poison, and includes intoxication
  - to put poison into or upon
* occur in adults as well as children.
* occurs after swallowing just a few pellets
  - in homes
* often depends on the amount of the substance and the individual, however
  - occurs when clippings are placed where they are accessible to animals
  - requires additional treatment, depending on the symptoms and the substance ingested
* ranks high as a cause of accidental in small children.
* represents an exposure to agents that are intrinsically harmful.
* result from consumption of wilted leaves and have only been reported for horses.
* results in death.
* takes longer when the nerve agent enters the body through the skin.
* typically affect the stomach and central nervous system.
* usually involve animals from well-managed farms and ranches.
* usually occur after eating fish caught and prepared by uncertified handlers
  - when contaminated water is used to prepare infant formula and foods
  - occurs from consumption of seedlings