Calls made to poison control centers in at least four states have spiked over the past few days after President Donald Trump appeared to suggest injecting disinfectant products should be looked into as a method to treat coronavirus patients.Faced with widespread backlash, Trump on Friday said he was merely being sarcastic when he suggested that…
CORONAVIRUS The National Capital Poison Center reported that calls in the DMV for exposures to hand sanitizer and disinfectants have seen a dramatic rise since March 1. WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — The National Capital Poison Center says calls from people being exposed to hand sanitizer and disinfectants have seen a surge since March compared to…
Cleaning products should never be mixed, consumed, or used on the skin. (Nicole Jennings/KIRO Radio) Everyone is advised to use disinfectants against COVID-19, but there is such a thing as an unsafe way to take safety precautions — as evidenced by the fact that the Washington Poison Center has experienced an upsurge in calls reporting…
Alabama Poison Information Center hotline and logoLess than one day after President Donald Trump touted disinfectants’ ability to kill coronavirus, a poisoning expert in Alabama warned residents not to consume bleach and other cleaning products.“Bleach and disinfectants are not for human consumption,” said Ann Slattery, managing director of the Alabama Poison Information Center at Children’s…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…