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- October 25, 2024 - Illinois' Poison Center Offers 'Tricks' to Keep Everyone Safe this Halloween
- July 29, 2024 - Illinois Poison Center Highlights Dangers of Synthetic Opioids, Designer Drugs
- July 1, 2024 - Illinois Poison Center Offers Tips to Avoid 4th of July Holiday Hazards
- May 23, 2024 - Illinois Poison Center Encourages the Public to Celebrate Safely This Summer
- March 15, 2024 - Illinois Joins Poison Centers Nationwide to Highlight the Dangers of Poisonings for Children, Adults and How to Reduce Risk, Injury
- January 8, 2024 – Three Young Adults Who Consumed Fake Xanax Pills Hospitalized with Serious Injuries Featured in Jan. 5 CDC Report
- December 18, 2023 – Illinois Poison Center Celebrates 70 Years of Saving Lives
- 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
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- 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)
- 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)