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  • Title: Ingestions considered nontoxic.
    Author: Mofenson HC, Greensher J, Caraccio TR.
    Journal: Emerg Med Clin North Am; 1984 Feb; 2(1):159-74. PubMed ID: 6151499.
    Abstract:
    We have compiled a list of common household products and drugs that are frequently ingested by children and may be considered nontoxic unless taken deliberately or in large amounts. An understanding of the nontoxic ingestion should prevent overtreatment, decrease emergency room visits, and allow physicians and poison control centers the opportunity to practice poison prevention. The reporting of all ingestions is encouraged to obtain information on the human experiment that occurs when a non-edible material is ingested. Only as we accumulate this knowledge will we be able to advise with a degree of certainty what treatment is needed.
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