WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The pandemic drove people to use more cleaning products and hand sanitizer in 2020 in an effort to stay healthy and safe. Unsurprisingly, in that same time frame, there was ...

As coronavirus cases increase across the United States, so have calls to poison control centers for incidents related to cleaning products. A report published Monday by the Centers for Disease Control ...

The poison control center in Kansas has recently seen a 40 percent increase in "cleaning chemical cases," according to the state's Department of Health and poison control center. "We've really seen a ...

Spring has sprung, and that means many people are beginning their spring cleaning. Check out some safety tips below from the Utah Poison Control Center (UPCC) to keep your family and pets safe as you ...

Washingtonians are more frequently reporting concerning exposures to household cleaning products such as bleach, ammonia and antiseptics, according to the Washington Poison Center. The poison center ...

STAY-AT-HOME ORDER. THEY SAY THAT IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. >> THAT'S NOT A TEENY-TINY, GEE, IS IT RELATED JUMP? THAT IS A HUGE JUMP. JESSICA: THE NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND POISON CENTER SAYS A 25% INCREASE IN ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WECT) - North Carolina Poison Control (NCPC) reported a 23% increase in exposure to household cleaning products in 2020 compared with the previous year with 47% of those exposures ...

Parents may want to keep their homes as clean as possible to fight the spread of coronavirus, but that’s led to poison control centers seeing an increase in exposure cases in kids. According to the ...