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Stung by an Ant?

Ant stings are common but rarely serious unless they are from imported fire ants. Problems can occur with multiple stings or with allergic reactions.

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Black Widow Spider Bites Can Be Dangerous

Black widow spider bites can be dangerous but fatal bites are rare. Black widow spider bites often are painful right away. After a bad bite, severe pain and muscle cramps can start in a couple of hours. Pain and muscle cramps can be treated. Antivenin is available but is needed only rarely.

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Treating Tick Bites

Ticks are most active during warmer months (April-September), but tick bites can happen during any time of the year. Ticks live in grassy, wooded, brush-filled areas or even on animals. Tick exposure can happen in your own backyard. See a healthcare provider if you experience fever, rash, or aches within a few weeks of a tick bite.

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Keep children away from ashtrays

Cigarettes and cigars contain enough nicotine to be dangerous if swallowed by children. Children are known to eat whole cigarettes, cigars, as well as the used "butts". Swallowing these can cause vomiting, sweating, and seizures. Always keep ashtrays out of reach of children.

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e-Cigarettes

E-Cigs? A growing new trend in nicotine use in the United States is electronic cigarettes. Common names are "e-Cigs" or "vapor cigarettes." They contain liquid nicotine. Such products are extremely dangerous if swallowed and must be locked away, out of reach and sight of children or pets.

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Liquid nicotine

Liquid nicotine, used to fill electronic cigarettes, is deadly if swallowed!  It is highly concentrated nicotine, and is readily absorbed when swallowed.

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Carbon Monoxide: What You Need to Know

It's not an intriguing or novel hazard, just the persistent, invisible killer: carbon monoxide. Seriously, you still don't have a carbon monoxide alarm in every sleeping area of your home? Get one! And keep fuel-burning appliances in good repair; don't use grills or gasoline-powered tools indoors, and don't run your car in an attached garage or place a generator close to your home.

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Mold 101: Effects on Human Health

Mold is a non-scientific term for many types of unwanted fungi found both indoors and outdoors. Active mold growth requires moisture. Actively-growing mold damages the material it lives on, thereby impairing structural integrity. In addition, mold is associated with some untoward health effects in humans, including allergies and infections.

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Poison Prevention Materials

Order educational materials about poison prevention

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Protect the Water Supply

There are many ways for drugs and personal care products to enter ground water and surface water, which include water that we drink and use for recreation. Federal guidelines for safe disposal of medicines aim to prevent unintentional poisonings, misuse and diversion of discarded drugs, and to keep drugs within engineered landfills, instead of in the water supply.

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