{"id":223594,"date":"2026-03-17T11:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/223594\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:13:13","slug":"prevent-accidental-poisonings-at-home-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/223594\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevent Accidental Poisonings at Home | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/639092686593270000.jpeg\" alt=\"A photo of a child reaching for cleaning products.\" style=\"width: 75%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nEach year, more than two million people, many under the age of five, swallow or come into contact with a poisonous substance. More than 90% of these occurrences happen in the home. Many common household items, such as cleaning supplies and medicines, can be poisonous if used incorrectly or by the wrong person.<\/p>\n<p>The San Jos\u00e9 Fire Department strongly encourages you to work with your loved ones to learn the risks associated with such hazards and take preventive actions to stop a poisoning from happening in your home.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some tips to get you started:\n<\/p>\n<p>    Add the poison control help line into your phone (1-800-222-1222).<br \/>\n    Secure medicines and household products. Place hazardous items up high and out of sight in a cabinet where a child cannot reach them.<br \/>\n    Put medicines and household products away every time you use them.<br \/>\n    Secure items that contain small batteries.<br \/>\n    Maintain working carbon monoxide detectors throughout your home.<br \/>\n    Keep medicines in their original packaging.<br \/>\n    Read the label before taking or giving medicine. Every medicine has specific instructions for safe use that should always be followed.<br \/>\n    Never share your prescription drugs.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanjoseca.gov\/your-government\/departments-offices\/fire-department\/public-education\/health-and-wellness\/poison-prevention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Poison Prevention webpage<\/a>. Stay safe, San Jos\u00e9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Each year, more than two million people, many under the age of five, swallow or come into contact&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[15638,101965,88,90,89,16548],"class_list":["post-223594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-articles","tag-blogs","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}