Presidential Document2022-06248
National Poison Prevention Week, 2022
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Published
March 23, 2022
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March 18, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06248]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 56 / Wednesday, March 23, 2022 /
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Proclamation 10349 of March 18, 2022
National Poison Prevention Week, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Each year, more than 2 million poisoning cases are
reported in the United States--some of which are
tragically fatal, but many of which are preventable.
While we have made great strides in the decades since
National Poison Prevention Week was first observed 60
years ago--including a decline in unintentional
poisoning--poisoning remains a risk, especially for
children and older Americans. During National Poison
Prevention Week, we raise awareness about the dangers
posed by poisonous substances, precautions people can
take to prevent an incident, and how to respond in a
poison emergency.
Each year, an average of 31 children die from
unintended poisonings at home, and an estimated 75,000
children under the age of five end up in hospital
emergency departments from poisoning. Approximately 85
percent of unintentional poisonings take place in the
home where medicines and harmful chemicals are stored.
To prevent children from unintentionally ingesting
poisonous household products, it is important to keep
these products out of their sight and beyond their
reach. Items such as hand sanitizer, laundry detergent,
medications, coin cell batteries, cleaning products,
and liquid nicotine should be stored in child-resistant
packaging. Medications should be safely secured, and if
unused, properly discarded. For elderly Americans--
particularly those who may have become isolated due to
the pandemic--it is important that household products
are secured in their original packaging and that
medications are clearly labeled to avoid accidental
ingestion or the mistaking of medications.
Health professionals working around the clock and
responding to millions of calls each year at poison
control centers are critical to our Nation's response.
They not only help the public in need of assistance or
information, they are also a tremendous asset to health
care providers, health departments, law enforcement,
and first responders.
If you suspect that you or someone else has been
poisoned, do not wait for signs of poisoning.
Immediately call the Poison Control Help line at 800-
222-1222. For more information, go to
<a href="http://poisonhelp.hrsa.gov">poisonhelp.hrsa.gov</a>.
Poison awareness, control, and education are essential
to saving lives. During National Poison Prevention
Week, we recommit to raising awareness about the
dangers of accidental poisonings and taking the
necessary precautions to prevent and respond quickly to
these incidents and protect our loved ones.
To encourage Americans to learn more about the dangers
of unintentional poisonings and to take appropriate
preventive measures, on September 26, 1961, the United
States Congress, by joint resolution (75 Stat. 681),
authorized and requested the President to issue a
proclamation designating the third week of March each
year as ``National Poison Prevention Week.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, do hereby proclaim March
20 through March 26, 2022, to be National Poison
Prevention Week. I call upon all Americans to observe
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this week by taking actions to safeguard their families
and friends from poisonous products, chemicals, and
medicines often found in our homes, and to raise
awareness of these dangers to prevent accidental
injuries and deaths.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
sixth.
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