Yes, most accidental poisonings are preventable.
Careless Adults.
Most poisonings occur at home, typically involving household products, medications, or chemicals. Common sources of poisoning include cleaning supplies, medications, plants, and pesticides. It is important to keep potentially hazardous substances out of reach of children and pets to prevent accidental poisonings.
The best preventive is to lock up all potential poisons, keeping them away from children. This would prevent more accidental poisonings than anything else.
Most actions that result in wounds are preventable
In 80% of the cases, the victim is a child under the age of five. About 50 children die each year from poisonings.
Most cases of malicious poisoning concern family members or acquaintances of the victim, but the number of intentional random poisonings of the general public has increased in recent years.
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Cigarette smoking is the single most preventable cause of death in the United States.
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