Secure pesticides and chemicals during Poison Prevention Week
Thousands of kids exposed to toxins each year
This is National Poison Prevention Week, and the EPA is using the occasion to remind parents to secure pesticides and other household chemicals in locked cabinets out of the reach of children.
Each year, approximately 65,000 children ages 5 and younger are accidentally exposed to pesticides, and more than 10,000 of those exposures involve mouse and rat poisons. More than 90 percent of poisonings happen in people’s homes.