K-12: Safety Poisoning

Keeping your child safe is a major priority for parents. Here we have many excellent articles that will help parents protect their K-12 children. Unlike the other areas at KidSource, we're not rating these articles individually because we think they all are important. The K-12 categories are:

• General
• At Home
• Clothing
• Poisoning
• Recreation, Travel and Holidays

We suggest that you also refer to the Product Recall Notices and to our overall list of Safety articles.

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Inhalants: A Parent's Guide to Preventing Inhalant Abuse Every year, young people in this country die of inhalant abuse. Hundreds suffer severe consequences, including permanent brain damage, loss of muscle control, and destruction of the heart, blood, kidney, liver, and bone marrow. This guide will help you identify inhalant abuse and understand what you can do to prevent or stop this problem.

Carbon Monoxide Questions and Answers Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas. It is produced by the incomplete burning of solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels.Every year, over 200 people in the United States die from CO produced by fuel-burning appliances (furnaces, ranges, water heaters, room heaters). This article describes the problem, prevention methods and what to do if you suspect if someone is a victim of CO poisoning.

Carbon Monoxide Detectors Can Save Lives The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recommends that consumers purchase and install carbon monoxide detectors with labels showing they meet the requirements of the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) voluntary standard.

Safety Calendar - A Month of Activities This great calendar has 30 things you can do to safeguard your family. We're all so busy, that we tend to postpone taking these basic steps. This calendar will help by defining discrete and often small things that you can do that could make a big difference in protecting your family. Check it out today!

Hazards at the Plate? Children and Food Safety Risk Ensuring the safety and wholesomeness of foods for infants and children is no exception. Child health advocates, environmentalists, the food industry and others are working with federal authorities to bring the best scientific evaluation possible to pesticides and other food-related risks to children.

Outsmarting Poison Ivy and Its Cousins Approximately 85 percent of the population will develop an allergic reaction if exposed to poison ivy, oak or sumac, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. Here's some information and tips from the FDA about how to identify and avoid poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac, and how to treat the rash if you are exposed.

Preventing Childhood Poisoning Home can be a dangerous place when it comes to accidental poisoning, especially accidental poisoning of children. One tablet of some medicines can wreak havoc in or kill a child. This article from the FDA Consumer magazine covers lead poisoning, poison-proofing your home, signs of poisoning and more. A must read for all parents and those who have young children visiting their homes.

CPSC Reissues Warning About Carbon Monoxide After a family of five died yesterday from carbon monoxide poisoning, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reissued its warning about the hazard of carbon monoxide (CO).

Protect Your Family From Lead In Your Home Detailed steps are given to protect your family from lead poisoning, as well as guidelines to follow when purchasing, renting or renovating a home. Extensive contact information is provided for state and federal agencies regarding rules and additional information.