Dr. Erik Riedel
SwiftOnSecurityThe history of poison control centers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_control_center
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_control_center
Renee DiResta@SwiftOnSecurity today: “poison censorship facilities that “”experts”” use to control innovation”
Krishean Draconis@SwiftOnSecurity I remember the messaging when I was a kid was "don't play with the chemicals under the sink, they are dangerous"
also Mr Yuk stickers
K. Collett
Mr. Yuk Commercial (premiered 1975)
AndyWe’ve got Mr Yuk stickers in our house labeling where chemicals are.
Edd@SwiftOnSecurity Only *half *of all accidents among children were* *poisonings? Those are rooky numbers, we need to get them up.
Charles Fulton@SwiftOnSecurity Berton Roueché did an article on New York's center in the 1950s: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1957/05/04/the-most-delicate-thing-in-the-world. It's also anthologized in "The Medical Detectives". Fascinating stuff.
Nick 'The Viking'"Around this time up to half of all accidents in children were poisonings..."
How could this be that's astonishing.
💉💉💉💉 Sean Houlihane 🕷️🔶@nlarson830 @SwiftOnSecurity packaging, I guess. Everything came in tins or packets. Now it's plastic safety lids everywhere.
Acesabe@SwiftOnSecurity "after WWII there was a proliferation of new drugs & chemicals" tells you all you need to know about the industrial military complex.