After the Storm: 3 Types of Post-Disaster Poisonings to Know, Prepare For | | Blogs | CDC

After the Storm: 3 Types of Post-Disaster Poisonings to Know, Prepare For | | Blogs | CDC

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After the Storm: 3 Post-Disaster Poisonings to Know, Prepare For

National Poison Prevention Week (March 17-23) was started in 1962 to encourage Americans to “learn of the dangers of accidental poisoning and to take such preventive measures as are warranted by the seriousness of the danger.” Fifty-seven years later, those threats—and probably some new ones—to personal and public health persist. They can also be prepared for and—in many cases—prevented.