Category: Poisoning & Environmental Health
Safety begins at home – National Public Health Week article
Did You Know?
The majority of fire-related deaths happen at home.
Falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths among people over 65
Nine out of every 10 childhood poison exposures happens at home . . .
State health officials want you to send them your ticks
The Department of Health is asking people all over the state to send ticks to the agency for a project to learn more about what types of ticks live in Washington.
Poison prevention tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics
The most dangerous potential poisons are medicines, cleaning products, antifreeze, windshield wiper fluid, pesticides, furniture polish, gasoline, kerosene and lamp oil.
Know the active ingredients in your child’s meds – FDA
If your child is taking more than one medication at the same time, there could be dangerous health consequences if those medicines have the same active ingredient, warns the US Food and Drug Administration.
Accidental poisonings leading cause of deaths at home
“The increases in poisoning, largely due to prescription pain medication, have been most dramatic over the past decade, signaling a need to rethink how pain medications are prescribed and used,”
Beware of fraudulent flu products, FDA warns
FDA warns consumers to steer clear of fraudulent flu products, which can be found online and in retail stores and may include products marketed as dietary supplements or conventional foods, drugs, nasal sprays and devices.
Air quality improves but burn ban remains in effect
Air quality in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties has improved but the the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency says a “stage 1″ burn ban remains in effect,
More than 24,000 Snohomish County residents earn food worker certification online
In 2012, a record 24,000 Snohomish County residents earned a food worker card through online training – versus nearly 5,000 who earned their cards in a classroom. The popularity of the online classes has led the Snohomish Health District to reduced its schedule of in-person food worker classes in English and Spanish effective Jan. 1, 2013.
Xmas toy safety tips from Seattle Children’s
“Parents should remember that children don’t perceive toys the same way we do and often don’t use them as we might expect . . .If a toy can be misused, chewed on, eaten, swallowed or thrown at someone, it will be.”
Turkey Time: Holiday food preparation tips from the CDC.
Here are simple tips that all cooks in the kitchen can follow this holiday season for cooking a delicious and safely prepared turkey.
Tips for a safe and fun Halloween from Seattle Children’s
Dr. Tony Woodward, medical director of the Emergency Department at Seattle Children’s Hospital, shares some tips and a video to help you and your children have a fun and safe Halloween
Turn in your unwanted and expired prescription drugs on Saturday
King County residents can dispose of their unwanted and expired medicines anonymously and at no cost at a nationwide drug “take-back” day on Saturday, Sept. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at more than 22 “take-back” collections sites around the county.
Hot cars and kids – a deadly combination
“Children’s bodies are not able to regulate and cool as well as adults’. It can take as little as 15 minutes in a hot car for a child to begin to suffer life-threatening effects.” — Dr. Tony Woodward, chief of emergency services at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
State issues fish consumption advisories due to chemical contamination
Mercury and Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCBs) contamination prompts state to issue fish consumption advisories for fish from Upper Columbia River and Pend Oreille River.
Weekend Reading: Best of the web on health online this week
How do you live knowing you might have an Alzheimer’s gene? Applying lessons from Africa to tackle AIDS in D.C. Taking pills to boost your grades. Caring for farmworkers.
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