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Georgia Poison Center calls spike from misuse of cleaning products, disinfectants
Andy Miller/Georgia Health NewsView CommentsCalls to the Georgia Poison Center have risen during the coronavirus pandemic, with a spike in people reporting illnesses related to cleaning products and disinfectants.Those increases have occurred nationally, with poison centers seeing up to a 20% rise in exposure calls related to cleaning and disinfecting products, often from inhalation.It has been a bizarre week related to disinfectants, capped by controversy over President Donald Trump’s remarks about them Thursday at a White House briefing, where he speculated on their use for virus...…Andy Miller/Georgia Health NewsView CommentsCalls to the Georgia Poison Center have risen during the coronavirus pandemic, with a spike in people reporting illnesses related to cleaning products and disinfectants.Those increases have occurred nationally, with poison centers seeing up to a 20% rise in exposure calls related to cleaning and disinfecting products, often from inhalation.It has been a bizarre week related to disinfectants, capped by controversy over President Donald Trump’s remarks about them Thursday at a White House briefing, where he speculated on their use for virus...WW…
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