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Alcohol can be a dangerous poison for children. Alcohol depresses the central nervous system and causes low blood sugar. Children who drink alcohol can have seizures and coma; they could even die. This is true of beverage alcohol (such as beer, wine, and liquor) and alcohol found in mouthwash and other personal care or household products.
Dish soap contains ingredients that help with hand-washing dishes, household cleaning, and removing oils from the skin. It can also be helpful when treating poison ivy. If swallowed, it can cause nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. If splashed in the eyes, it can cause eye irritation. Dish soap should not be mixed with other household products as this can produce dangerous fumes.
Hydrogen peroxide is a highly reactive chemical available in several concentrations. Exposures to small amounts of household (3%) hydrogen peroxide usually only cause mild irritation. Higher concentrations can cause burns. Rarely, life-threatening effects can occur when oxygen bubbles from hydrogen peroxide travel to the circulatory system and block blood flow to tissue.
Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) contain small amounts of mercury. Some of this mercury can be released into the air if the bulbs are broken. Careful cleanup of broken bulbs can minimize the risk of mercury exposure.
Poppers are recreational drugs containing alkyl nitrites. They are used for muscle relaxation and sexual enhancement, but using them can cause low oxygen levels, difficulty breathing, and feeling faint. In severe or untreated cases, death can occur.
Powdered infant formula is not required to be sterile, and in rare cases it may be contaminated with bacteria. Cronobacter contamination of powdered infant formula can cause serious illness in infants, including meningitis and death.
Eucalyptus oil’s medical uses include treatment of respiratory and skin conditions and for pain. It is usually inhaled or applied to the skin in a diluted form. Pure eucalyptus oil can cause irritation and burning of the mouth, digestive tract, skin, and eyes. Eucalyptus oil should never be swallowed, and even a small dose can cause seizures, coma, and death.
A broken mercury-containing thermometer can be toxic if the vapors are inhaled. The risk of poisoning from touching or swallowing mercury from a broken thermometer is low if appropriate clean-up measures are taken.
The most frequent calls from offices to Poison Control are about drinking coffee pot cleaner instead of coffee, eating left-over food from an office party or the office refrigerator, and breathing in fumes from the photocopier.
Pyrantel is an important drug for the control of intestinal worms in people and animals. It is estimated that close to 1 billion people are infested with intestinal worms globally. Pyrantel is a safe, effective, and inexpensive treatment for intestinal worms, and usually cures the condition after a single dose. It has very few side effects and is not known to cause severe toxicity in humans.
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