Poison Control Warns Fireworks Are Poisonous – Keep Children and Pets Safe on July 4th

            Image copyright: frankljunior     California Poison Control System (CPCS) warns parents to keep fireworks away from children and pets who may eat them because they are often small and come in colorful packages. While the majority of fireworks exposures are not poisonous, chemically, fireworks consist of potentially toxic potassium nitrate or perchlorate, sulfur or chlorine, carbon, starch and metals (that produce the colorful results).      “While traumatic injuries…

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