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@ILPoisonCenter

trusted info & treatment advice on potentially harmful substances via a free, 24-hour helpline staffed by medical experts. Tweets by IPC staff
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Illinois Poison Center @ILPoisonCenter
There are old mushroom pickers, there are bold mushroom pickers, but there are no old, bold mushroom pickers.
ktvu.com/news/3-hospita…
www.ktvu.com 3 hospitalized after eating poisonous mushrooms in Napa County Health officials in Napa County are warning people to not ingest wild mushrooms that may be poisonous after three people who ate them were hospitalized over the weekend. 
Illinois Poison Center @ILPoisonCenter
240,000 kids seen in ERs for cleaning substance injuries - 2007 and 2022. Poison Centers received 1.77 million calls for same time period. Most managed at home with first aid and education. 70% of cases would go the ER if poison centers did not exist.
cnn.com/2026/05/01/hea…
www.cnn.com Household cleaning products are still injuring many children. Some products are especially harmful... Household cleaning products can cause serious injury in young kids, according to a new study. A doctor explains what parents should know.
Illinois Poison Center @ILPoisonCenter
DOJ reclassifies state licensed medical marijuana as a schedule III drug, same class as codeine.
This may open the door to more research on the true benefits of cannabis in treating disease.
Non-medical marijuana is not legal at the federal level.
cnbc.com/2026/04/23/tru…
www.cnbc.com Trump administration moves to reclassify cannabis in major shift that could expand research Trump administration to reclassify marijuana as Schedule III, easing research barriers but not legalizing the drug or changing current federal penalties.