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Contact Information for Press & Media Inquiries

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• For media inquiries, please contact Krista Osterthaler via email.
• For urgent media inquiries ONLY, text 1-202-922-6059.

Kelly Johnson-Arbor, MD, FACEP, FUHM, FACMT; Medical Toxicologist, Co-Medical Director, and Interim Executive Director, is available for media interviews and commentary on topics related to toxicology and health and wellness trends, including potentially dangerous social media fads.

Press Releases

Press Release: Data Analysis Published in AJEM Shows Power of Automated Poison Control Services; More Than Half of Cases in Kids Under Four (Feb 15, 2022)

Press Release: Poison Control Services Preserve Critical COVID-19 Healthcare Resources (Mar 26, 2020)

Press Release: webPOISONCONTROL^® upgrade provides expert online help for many more poison exposures (Oct 4, 2017)

Press Release: Digital triage tool webPOISONCONTROL^® launches comprehensive upgrade to help more people with poison exposures (Sep 20, 2017)

Press Release: Take Poison Prevention Week seriously (Mar 2017)

Press Release: Test shopping reveals flameless or tea candles that pose extreme danger for children (Dec 2016)

Press Release: Deadly batteries - Number of serious button battery incidents still not decreasing (Nov 2016)

Press Release: First Online App for Poison Emergencies Augments Traditional Services (Aug 3, 2016)

Press Release: National Poison Prevention Week March 2016 (March 17, 2016)

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Dig Deeper: The State of Poison Control in the US 2016