As parents we all do our best to protect our children. We would never let them play with a drawer full of fake knives; they might be tempted to play with real knives. We don’t give our children small metal objects that may be stuck into wall outlets. As parents we do our best to avoid all the dangerous associations we can think of.

What about the ones we don’t think of. It is often the threats we don’t expect that offer the greatest risk. Most parents don’t rank poisoning high on the list of threats facing their child on a daily basis, yet it is one of the highest causes for death among children.

The risk is added to by the fact that cleaning products, household solvents, and toxic chemicals are often found in bright colored, uniquely shaped bottles. What could be more natural than a child, upon finding a spray bottle, pulling the trigger-handle out of pure instinct? Upon removing the lids and spray-gun tops of bottles a child will often find a uniquely colored liquid. The bright blue of glass cleaner, the deep blue of toilet bowl cleaner or the bright yellows and greens of well known brands of floor cleaner are just as intriguing as the colors of their juice and soda’s.

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