In recognition of National Poison Prevention Week, observed annually during the third week of March families are encouraged to take simple but critical steps to prevent accidental poisoning at home.

Youngsters are often inadequately supervised while parents clean the house using chemicals, and even leaving a few centimeters of standing water in a pail can result in drowning.

As people turned to disinfectants to ward off the coronavirus, North Carolina Poison Control reported a surge in cases involving household cleaners. In 2020, the poison control center said it fielded ...