Presidential Document2024-06024
National Poison Prevention Week, 2024
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March 20, 2024
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March 15, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 2024)]
[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: 2024-06024]
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Federal Register / Vol. 89 , No. 55 / Wednesday, March 20, 2024 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10711 of March 15, 2024
National Poison Prevention Week, 2024
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Every year, Americans report more than 2 million cases
of poisoning. During National Poison Prevention Week,
we thank all those who staff our Nation's poison
control centers for working around the clock to offer
people in need life-saving guidance and care. We urge
all Americans to learn how to prevent and respond to
poison emergencies.
Poisoning risks abound in everyday items, from
medicines and cosmetics to cleaning supplies and
household chemicals. Tens of thousands of children a
year end up in the emergency room after accidently
ingesting household products like the small batteries
found in toys and game controllers. Federal laws like
the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 and the
Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015 have
saved countless lives, decreasing accidental childhood
poisoning deaths by over 70 percent since 1972. There
is still more to do.
In 2022, I signed Reese's Law, which established child
safety standards to reduce the risk of injury from
ingesting small batteries. To avoid dangerous mix-ups,
we urge everyone to label their medications clearly, to
keep them away from children in child-safe packaging,
and to throw them out when expired or no longer needed.
The liquid nicotine used in e-cigarettes can be deadly
and should be stored in child-resistant packaging.
My Administration is also taking aggressive action to
combat the opioid crisis. Following the directives
outlined in our National Drug Control Strategy, my
Administration is working to prevent dangerous illicit
drugs from ever reaching our borders by working with
countries like Mexico and the People's Republic of
China to disrupt the trafficking of deadly illicit
fentanyl and boosting law enforcement's capabilities at
the border. My Administration is funding the expansion
of substance use prevention, harm reduction, treatment,
and recovery services including by expanding access to
lifesaving opioid-overdose-reversal medications like
naloxone nationwide.
Poisoning deaths are preventable, and awareness is
essential to saving lives. If you believe that you or
someone you know may have ingested a toxic substance,
call the National Poison Control help line immediately
at 800-222-1222 to be connected to a local poison
control center. Trained experts are ready to offer
real-time help and can often solve a poisoning
emergency over the phone. Learn more about their
lifesaving services at <a href="http://poisonhelp.hrsa.gov">poisonhelp.hrsa.gov</a>.
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
17 through March 23, 2024, to be National Poison
Prevention Week. I call upon all Americans to observe
this week by taking actions to safeguard their families
and friends from poisonous products, chemicals, and
medicines often found in our homes
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and to raise awareness of these dangers to prevent
accidental injuries and deaths.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
fifteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
eighth.
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