The CARES Safety Center Newsletter
Bringing Safety to the Baltimore City Community
Volume 1, Issue 3
Spring 2010
You Can Prevent Poisoning in Your Home
Poisons can be found in almost every room of your house and
outside your home. Children can become very sick and can even
The CARES Safety
Center is a "house on
wheels" that promotes the
safety of children and
families by delivering fun,
interactive education and
affordable safety products
to the community.
The Safety Center is
available to visit health
fairs, schools, head starts,
medical clinics, places of
worship and community
events throughout
Baltimore City.
To Request the CARES
Safety Center to attend
your next event, contact
us at…
Phone: (410) 955-4121
Email: [email protected]
Or, fill out our online
request form at
www.hopkinscares.org
The Johns Hopkins CARES
Safety Center is brought to you
by the Center for Injury
Research and Policy and the
Baltimore City Fire
Department.
Financial support provided by:
die from eating, drinking, touching or breathing in poisons! To
keep your children safe from poisons make sure all poisons in your
home are locked up.
Here are some examples of common household poisons:
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Medicine
Mouthwash
Beauty supplies
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Cleaners
Bug spray
Anti-freeze
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Alcohol
Cigarettes
Houseplants
Poison Safety Tips
 Know what kind of poisons you have in and around your home.
 Lock poisons up where children cannot get into, like a
locked cabinet.
 Store your cleaning supplies and other poisons in this
locked cabinet only.
 Put poisons back in the locked cabinet as soon as you
are done using them.
 Keep household products in the same bottle they came
in. Your children may think a cleaning product is a
drink if you store it in a juice or soda bottle.
 Always keep your medicine in a locked cabinet or
drawer.
 Make sure all medicine bottles are “child proof.”
 Do not take your medicine in front of your children.
 Never call medicine candy.
To find out how you can buy low-cost cabinet locks and other safety products, call
the CARES Safety Center at 410-955-4121.