{"id":589,"date":"2016-12-23T13:27:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T18:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/?page_id=589"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:58:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T00:58:59","slug":"about-poisons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/about-poisons\/","title":{"rendered":"About Poisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-589\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-589-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-589-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-589-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_widget_sp_image widget_sp_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"320\" alt=\"Cleaning products\" class=\"attachment-full\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/01\/shutterstock_57843601_sm.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/01\/shutterstock_57843601_sm-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/01\/shutterstock_57843601_sm-768x210.jpg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/01\/shutterstock_57843601_sm-1024x280.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/01\/shutterstock_57843601_sm.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-589-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-589-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-589-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Poisons can be found in and around the home, at the workplace, and in the environment. Knowing about common poisons can help you be safe.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/about-poisons\/carbon-monoxide\/\">Carbon Monoxide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/about-poisons\/cleaning-products\/\">Cleaning Products<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/about-poisons\/garage-items\/\">Garage Items<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/about-poisons\/health-and-beauty-products\/\">Health and Beauty Products<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/about-poisons\/medications\/\">Medications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/about-poisons\/outdoor-items\/\">Outdoor Items<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Seasonal Poisons\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/about-poisons\/seasonal-poisons\/fall\/\">Fall<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/about-poisons\/seasonal-poisons\/winter\/\">Winter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/about-poisons\/seasonal-poisons\/spring\/\">Spring<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/about-poisons\/seasonal-poisons\/summer\/\">Summer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poisons can be found in and around the home, at the workplace, and in the environment. Knowing about common poisons can help you be safe. Carbon Monoxide Cleaning Products Garage Items Health and Beauty Products Medications Outdoor Items Seasonal Poisons Fall Winter Spring Summer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 12:20:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1543,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/589\/revisions\/1543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/poison-control\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}