This is “Poison Prevention Week”, making it a good time to look under our kitchen sinks and storage areas when it comes to cleaners, medicine, and materials that may fall into younger hands.  Tammy Noble of the Iowa Poison Control Center, says the center has been busy during this pandemic period with things you might expect — like calls about hand sanitizer. There has also been an increase in calls about bleach as people use it to sanitize things.

The phone for the Iowa Poison Control Center is 1-800-222-1222 and the website is iowapoison.org. The center’s Facebook and Twitter sites will have special activities throughout the week aimed at young people.