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• Post-Hurricane Video Games Poison Kids

  Hurricanes, of course, do plenty damage. And then there are the many dangers that follow that them, including carbon monoxide poisoning from poorly functioning/ventilated generators. A creepy little report in the June issue of Pediatrics gives a new spin on this problem . . .  Read More... Posted May 27 2009, 03:30 PM by Miriam Axel-Lute with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: video games, texas, safety, public health, text messages, pediatrics, Axel-Lute, poisoning, carbon monoxide, hurricanes, natural disasters, CO poisoning, generators, Hurricane Ike, storm safety, keeping kids occupied

• Daycare Mistakes Windshield Wiper Fluid for Kool Aid, Kids Sick

  At least once a year, we run into a story like this - somewhere kids are sickened (or worse, die) when they drink a glass of windshield wiper fluid that someone thought was a cup of nice blue Kool-Aid.  No surprise then, that it's happened again - this time daycare workers in Arkansas gave ten kids glasses of windshield wiper fluid accidentally, sending all ten kids to the hospital. Read More... Posted Mar 13 2009, 05:24 PM by JeanneSager with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: toxic, daycare, toxic chemicals, Jeanne Sager, windshield wiper fluid, poison control, poisoning