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Where to look?
What to look for?
Poisons - Where to Look?
Products and medicines can hurt you if they are used the wrong way, in the wrong amount, or by the wrong person. Check these locations in your home for potentially poisonous products:
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Kitchen
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Closets
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Bathroom
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Workshop
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Bedrooms
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Purse
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Attic
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Dining Room
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Laundry Room
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Storage Places
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Basement
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Yard
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Poisons - What to look for?
Look for these potentially poisonous items that need to be stored safely, preferably in child-resistant containers:
Use this list as a check-off sheet when poison proofing your home. |
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Kitchen
medications
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drain cleaner-lye & bleaches
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furniture polish
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powdered & liquid detergents
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cleanser & scouring powders
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metal cleaners
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ammonia
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oven cleaner
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rust remover
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pills
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carpet & upholstery cleaners
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dishwater detergents
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alcoholic beverages
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moldy or rotten food
Purse
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Bathroom
- medications
- drain cleaners-lye
- iron pills
- shampoo, lotions & sprays
- creams
- nail polish & remover
- suntan products
- deodorants
- shaving lotions
- toilet bowl cleaners
- diaper pail deodorizers
- hair remover
- pine oil & bath oil
- rubbing alcohol
- boric acid
- room deodorizer
- camphor-containing products
- denture tablets
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Bedroom
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medications
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jewelry cleaner
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cosmetics
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perfume
Laundry
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bleaches
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spot removers or drycleaners
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Garage, Basement, Workshop
- lye
- kerosene
- lime
- bug killers
- gasoline
- lighter fluids
- turpentine
- paint remover & thinner
- pesticides
- weed killers
- fertilizers
- anti-freeze
- lamp oil
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General
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Closets, Attic, & Storage Places
- rat & ant poisons
- moth balls
- sprays
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