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Scenario 1:   You are enjoying a day out with your family.  You just realize you forgot to take your medicine before leaving.  Can you wait until the next scheduled dose?  Will you start feeling sick? Scenario 2:   You take your medicine.  Then you r

Don’t you just love spring?  Trees and bushes showing off their leaves and colors!  It’s the time of year to peel off one or two of those winter layers and spend time outside.  But, watch those toddlers! “What are you eating?” “What’s that in your mo

What, you’ve think you’ve never had a reason to call the Poison Center? I don’t think so!  Exposures to poisons happen all the time; they are a part of everyday living. You just didn’t know to call the Poison Center. If you are lucky, you can get awa

Today, only, is the Seattle Foundation’s one-day giving event, #GiveBIG! Today all donations made through The Seattle Foundation’s website will receive a percentage of the matching funds pool.  This percentage is based on how much is raised. An

♫  Toothpaste and toddlers, And lilies and kittens, Eardrops in noses, Prescriptions miswritten, Blood pressure medicines doubled- bad luck, These are the reasons to fund Mr. Yuk. ♫ ♫  When the snake bites, When the bee stings, When the food goes bad

Donate to the Poison Center on May 15th with The Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG event and you will give more than you know! This one day charitable event is the largest day of giving in the Puget Sound area and donations on this day will receive a pro-

March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day and I am going to celebrate!  “How” you ask, “does a big green dude celebrate St. Patrick’s Day”?  Just like everyone else– with feasting, drinking, shamrocks, limericks and (because I don’t want to get pinched)

I get so many great posters, I not only choose a winner but four runners-up as well. I thought I’d introduce them and their artwork (in no particular order). Poppy Long, age 7 did this wonderful poster featuring the friends of Mr. Yuk under a b

Announcing the Winner of the 2013 WAPC Youth Poster Contest   Mr. Yuk is excited to announce this year’s Poison Prevention Week poster contest winner…Kaleo Smith, age 10, of Anacortes! As part of our annual Poison Prevention Week celebration, the Was