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American Association of Poison Control Centers
http://www.aapcc.org/Last activity: 26.11.2021
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Poison control centers assist with poisoning emergencies and questions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The phone number 1-800-222-1222 will connect you to your poison center anywhere in the U.S. Centers take your call in more than 150 languages and from the hearing impaired. Medial experts - nurses, pharmacists, doctors, and other poison specialists take your calls. When in doubt, check it out. The call is free, private, expert, and we're always open.
Overview
Location
United States, Virginia, Arlington
Employees
11-50
Phone
+1 800-222-1222
Mentions in press and media 10
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| Aug 23, 2021 | FDA’s kratom ban would harm the public and damage the agency’s credibility | Trust in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declined after its approval of the controversial Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab. Three experts resigned amid allegations that the FDA had caved to industry pressure. Some argue that its cred... |
| Mar 18, 2021 | Focus on Child Safety During National Poison Prevention Week | Scepter SmartControl fuel containers have child safety locks, so that children cannot access poisonous fuels. Children need to be protected from poisons. Our SmartControl containers have been designed for ease of use by adults, but to be no... |
| Oct 23, 2019 | Police are warning about marijuana-laced Halloween candy. Here’s what that could do to a kid's body and brain. | The chances of this actually happening to your kid are slim. MARK LENNIHAN/AP Edibles in candy form are common ways to consume marijuana, and for that reason, parents may be wary about their young kids accidentally eating them — especially ... |
| Jan 23, 2018 | P&G CEO says company working to stop ‘Tide pod challenge’ | Cincinnati — Procter & Gamble says it’s working to stop the “Tide Pod challenge,” a social media-fueled trend in which teenagers eat single-load laundry detergent packets. The American Association of Poison Control Centers warned last w... |
| Jan 23, 2018 | CEO says company working to stop ‘Tide pod challenge’ | NEW YORK — Procter & Gamble says it’s working to stop the “Tide Pod challenge,” a social media-fueled trend in which teenagers eat single-load laundry detergent packets. see also Teens are chewing laundry detergent pods in dangerous new... |
| Dec 22, 2014 | How Much Caffeine Will Kill You? | Caffeine is the lifeblood of a productive civilization. Behind every bridge, monument, and skyscraper in America was a workforce fueled by caffeine. If society were Popeye, coffee would be its spinach. But, like everything good in life, if ... |
| Nov 9, 2014 | Hundreds of kids harmed by detergent ‘pods’ | ASSOCIATED PRESS In this photo taken Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, laundry detergent packets are held for a photo, in Chicago. Accidental poisonings from squishy laundry detergent packets sometimes mistaken for toys or candy landed more than 700 U.... |
| The dark side of daily vitamin D supplements: After a man died from an ‘overdose’ in the UK, experts explain how much is healthy | A U.K. coroner is pushing the country’s Food Standards Agency to upgrade its labeling of certain dietary supplements, after a man died in part from vitamin D toxicity, or hypervitaminosis D. David Mitchener, 89, was admitted to East Surrey ... | |
| People have been overdosing en masse on the dangerous synthetic marijuana known as K2 — and Chinese labs are partly to blame | More than 100 people overdosed in New Haven, Connecticut last week after ingesting what is believed to be a bad batch of synthetic marijuana. WTNH Redeem now Earlier this month, more than 100 people overdosed on synthetic marijuana in New H... |
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What has the press written about American Association of Poison Control Centers?
Parsers VC has collected 10 articles mentioning American Association of Poison Control Centers, among them “FDA’s kratom ban would harm the public and damage the agency’s credibility” (Aug 23, 2021) and “Focus on Child Safety During National Poison Prevention Week” (Mar 18, 2021).
Is American Association of Poison Control Centers still active?
Yes, American Association of Poison Control Centers is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 26, 2021.