Glow sticks are a fun way to light up parties, concerts, and other events. If a glow stick breaks open, the liquid inside can cause irritation to the skin, mouth, and eyes.
Category: Poison Safety
From college campuses to coffee breaks, nicotine pouches are quickly becoming a trend everyone’s talking about.
Sunscreen helps prevent sunburn and premature skin aging, and it reduces the risk of skin cancer by blocking or absorbing harmful ultraviolet rays.
Winter brings new opportunities for kids to get into things they shouldn’t.
Older adults do not need the services of the Maryland Poison Center, right? Wrong!
As we quickly approach the holiday season, we’d like to take a moment to share something with you – a wrapped gift of all the resources we have created over the years to ensure you and your family have a poison-safe holiday season!
We are back with part 2 of “Will Kids Really Eat That?” where we continue exploring items we as adults think would be gross to eat but kids actually eat them all the time.
We hear this all the time at the Maryland Poison Center. And we do believe what happened. You may think you’re the first person to have done something worth calling the Poison Center about, but chances are our experts have heard it before.
Any pool owner will tell you that getting the pool ready for use, maintaining it, and closing it up for the off-season is no small task. It often requires multiple types of chemicals to keep the water clean, clear, and balanced.
Did you know that about one in six Americans are caregivers providing care to adults (18 years and older) with a disability or illness? Let’s review poison safety tips for caregivers.