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• September 18, 2023 – Youth Suicide Risk Due to Overdose Rises During School Year
• March 15, 2023 – Illinois Poison Center Joins National Effort to Raise Awareness About Poison Dangers to Help Prevent Exposure, Increase Safety
• January 23, 2023 – Illinois Poison Center: Keep Cannabis Edibles Out of Reach of Children
• November 7, 2022 – Beware of 'Silent Killer' in Homes: Illinois Poison Center Urges Residents to Purchase Carbon Monoxide Detectors, Replace Batteries Annually
• October 17, 2022 – Illinois Poison Center Offers Safety 'Tricks' to Prevent Poisoning This Halloween
• July 12, 2022 – Illinois Poison Center Warns Public of Fake Prescription Pills, Drug Substitutions as Fentanyl Use Rises
• May 23, 2022 – Illinois Poison Center Reminds Public of Safety Measures to Prevent Foodborne Illnesses and Poisonings this Summer
• March 17, 2022 – Illinois Poison Center to Participate in National Poison Prevention Week
• July 21, 2021 – Beware of Fake Prescription Pills This Summer
• March 22, 2021 – Illinois Poison Center Unveils New Website
• March 1, 2021 – March Is Illinois Poison Prevention Month
• December 17, 2020  – Avoid Toxic Drug Combinations This Flu Season
• September 14, 2020 – IPC Leader Named President-Elect of the AAPCC
• June 24, 2020 – IPC Summer Plants: Safe or Not?
• April 13, 2020 – IPC Cleaning Product Exposures Up 30% COVID-19 Pandemic Causes Surge in Exposures reported to Nation’s Oldest Poison Center
• December 17, 2019 – Holiday Plants Are Not on the Menu
• October 7, 2019 – PR: Is that a Mouse in Your House? Nation’s oldest poison center offers rodent removal and prevention safety tips
• June 26, 2019 – What’s Scarier than a Giant Shark? Contaminated Water and Toxic Pool Disinfectants
• February 28, 2019 – March is Illinois Poison Prevention Month
• November 19, 2018 – Illinois Poison Center Warns About “Silent Killer” in Homes
• October 1, 2018 – IPC Warns of Dangers from Fall Mushrooms
• June 27, 2018 – The IPC Celebrates 65 Years of Keeping Illinois Safe
• March 1, 2018 – Educate Yourself with the IPC During Illinois Poison Prevention Month

Audio

• July 20, 2022 – ‘There’s no safe way to do drugs,’ Illinois Poison Center warns (23 WFIR)
• July 15, 2022 – Morning Newswatch (Newsradio WJPF)
• July 12, 2022 – Health officials issue latest warning about tainted street drugs, amid surge in overdoses (WBBM Newsradio)
• March 28, 2022 – Springfield Sports Radio (92.3 FM/1450 AM) – 8 a.m. segment
• March 21, 2022 – News Website (WTAX News Radio)
• July 26, 2021 – Beware of fake prescription pills this summer (WTAX News Radio)
• March 29, 2021 – New Website (WTAX News Radio)
• December 24, 2019  – Illinois Poison Center Warns of Holiday Plant Hazards (Northern Public Radio)
• December 26, 2018 – Carbon Monoxide Dangers Spike During Winter Months (Illinois Public  Media)