CORONAVIRUS POISONINGS

sales of household cleaners spiking during the pandemic

Health experts.

:00 :16 planes..

Trains..

And city streets.

Across the globe..

Public areas scrubbed down.

It's no different in private spaces.

Sales of household cleaners spiking during the pandemic... nats if available ... so have calls to poison control.

Adina sheroff, registered nurse, boston children's hospital "we've seen a 50 percent increase in calls of disinfectants and bleaches."

Registered nurse adina sheroff answers poison center calls at boston children's hospital..

And says right now, the majority involve children under five... particularly young toddlers.

Adina sheroff, registered nurse, boston children's hospital "they're naturally inquisitive... they're attracted to the colors and sometimes the cleaners can look like juice so they drink it."

Nationwide..

The c-d-c reports a 20-percent increase in calls to poison centers starting in march... when stay-at-home orders began and there was a run on cleaning products.

40-percent of those increased calls involving kids under the age of five but also adults..

Who've, for example, accidentally inhaled fumes after mixing cleaning products.

Prompting a warning from health experts: - follow labeled directions, (cdc provided a graphic- or create our own) - don't mix chemicals, - wear protective gear, - make sure the room is properly ventilated - and store chemicals out of reach of children the same goes for medications as many households have stocked up on over-the-counter painkillers and cold medicine.

Adina sheroff, registered nurse, boston children's hospital "everything should be stored up high and locked if you have young children so they can't access it."