Open Directory - Health: Public Health and Safety: Disease Control and Prevention: Poisoning

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: Poisoning

Sites listed here will focus on avoiding and preventing poisoning. Sites concerned mainly with first aid and treatment of poisoning will be listed in First Aid, and sites about poisonous materials themselves are found in Hazardous Substances(for the workplace) and Environmental Health.

Poisonous substances (both natural and man-made) are common, and frequently cause illness or disease if not properly stored and handled.

Plants

Sites listed here will be concerned with plants which are poisonous or harmful when handled or eaten.
Sites concerned mainly with the effects of ingested poisonous substances are listed in Food and Water Borne Toxins

Many plants can have toxic effects when handled or eaten.

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