Kansas Poison Control Sees Rise In People Injecting Cleaning Chemicals
“We’ve really seen a spike in calls relating to cleaning products starting in March, where compared to last year, we have had a 55 percent increase in calls related to cleaning products,” Elizabeth Silver, managing director at the University of Kansas Health System’s poison control center, told Fox 4 News in Kansas. “In April, actually, we are up to about 40 to 45 percent in calls.” Dr. Lee Norman, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Environment in Kansas, cited the state’s poison control center during a press conference on Monday, when talking about the increase in “cleaning chemical cases....