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National Capital Poison Center announces closure of its call center | Mar. 31, 2025
webPOISONCONTROL® reaches one million users | Nov. 11, 2024
Data analysis Published in AJEM shows power of automated Poison Control; More than half of cases in kids under four | Feb 15, 2022
webPOISONCONTROL® upgrade provides expert online help for many more poison exposures | Oct. 4, 2017
Digital triage tool webPOISONCONTROL® launches comprehensive upgrade to help more people with poison exposures | Sep 20, 2017
Test shopping reveals flameless or tea candles that pose extreme danger for children | Dec. 2016
Deadly batteries: Number of serious button battery incidents still not decreasing | Nov. 10, 2016
First online app for poison emergencies augments traditional services | Aug. 3, 2016
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