Americans have been so fastidious about cleaning during the coronavirus pandemic that some have managed to get themselves sick to the point that they felt the need to call a poison control center, Slate reports.
Compared to the period of January, February, and March of 2019, calls to poison control centers are up by 20 percent for the same period this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). What’s more, a particularly-significant spike in such calls occurred during the first week of March, back when the gravity and severity of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States was just beginning to be understood.
There are several reasons why the misuse/overuse of cleaning supplies during the pandemic could be causing an increase in accidental poisonings.
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