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Toxic data: 40,000 cases of poisoning logged in 2020
Venomous creatures, including snakes, were behind 1.2% of cases flagged. © Keystone/ Valentin Flauraud
Over half of all cases reported last year involved children who accidentally ingested toxic substances. Overall, the number of cases rose by 2% on 2019.
This content was published on January 7, 2021 - 17:49
January 7, 2021 - 17:49
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Some 40,000 cases of poisoning were logged in 2020 by the Tox Info SuisseExternal link organisation, which has been providing advice – emergency and preventative – to citizens since 1966.
Of these, over half (54%) involved children, the large majority of whom (84%) still hadn’t started school. Medicines (35.8%), household products (25.3%) and plants were responsible for almost three-quarters of all cases. ....

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