Poisoning in Schools

President Margaret Shepherd responds to the research released today by Sydney University into the rates of poisoning exposures occurring in Australian Schools that indicated Science class exposures were common representing 13.5% of exposures. 

Ly J, Brown JA, Buckley NA, et al Paediatric poisoning exposures in schools: reports to Australia’s largest poisons centre Archives of Disease in Childhood Published Online First: 02 November 2020. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-319919