If you’re dealing with ants, be careful if you place poison out to kill them. Don’t use toxic substances where children or pets can get to them. The California Poison Control System provides immediate, free and expert treatment advice and referral over the telephone, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. With more information about keeping children safe from poisons and toxic substances, here’s Anthony Arbraria…
Here are some tips on ways to keep children safe from poison. Place the California Poison action line phone number—800-222-1222—on or near all phones. Ask for child-resistant containers. Do not store food products and household cleaners in the same cabinet. Keep harmful medicines and household products out of reach and in locked cabinets. Never call medicine candy. Know your plants. Check the poison control web site at calpoison.org, or call your local plant store or nursery. And always keep potentially harmful products such as cosmetics, perfume, cigarettes, alcohol, vitamins with iron, and all medicine, completely out of reach.
