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Valentine's Day Dangers
Be mindful that some of the items given can bring serious harm and even cause death to the pets and/or small children in our lives.
Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love and appreciation for the special people in our lives by giving gifts, candies, flowers, balloons, stuffed animals, etc. Although these items bring us joy, we must be extremely careful with them around our children and pets.
“When planning your Valentine’s Day celebration, it is important to be mindful that some of the items given can bring serious harm and even cause death to the pets and/or small children in our lives,” said Bruce Ruck, Pharm.D., Director of Drug Information at the NJ Poison Center. “Since it is easy to overlook some of these dangers, we put together a short list for everyone so they can increase their awareness of the dangers,” said Ruck. “Help us prevent as many exposures as we can by passing this list around to everyone you know.”
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