Safe Kids Week 2012: Poison Prevention - "Out of Sight and Locked Up Tight"

Poison Prevention - Locked Cupboard

Poisoning is the fourth leading cause of injury deaths and permanent total disability. Half of all poison exposures occur among children less than five years old and most poisonings occur at home. Safe Kids Week will take place May 28 to June 3, 2012 and focus on the importance of poison prevention.

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We are grateful to all the First Nations who have cared for and nurtured the lands and waters around us for all time, including the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), and səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) on whose unceded and ancestral territory our centre is located.

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Safe Kids Week 2012: Poison Prevention - "Out of Sight and Locked Up Tight"

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