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Common Poisonings in Children

The telephone rings while you are cleaning the kitchen counters. You leave your 3-year-old playing in the floor while you grab the phone. When you return a few seconds later, your child is playing in a pool of cleaner. What do you do?
Situations like the one above happen to families all across America. Questions about possible poisonings in children are the most common calls received at the West Virginia Poison Center. Although scary, many…