This is PEDYACAST.

Welcome to Pediacast, a pediatric podcast for parents.

And now, direct from the campus of nationwide children's, here is your host, Dr. Mike.

Hello, everyone, and welcome.

Once again to Pediacast.

It is a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.

This is Dr. Mike, coming you from nationwide children's hospital.

We're in Columbus, Ohio.

It's episode 497 for August 4th, 2021.

We're calling this one Summer Poison.

I want to welcome all of you to the program.

So summer is in full swing, and our goal today is helping you, the PDA cast listener,

helping you keep your kids safe during the summer months and in particular, safe from poisons and other chemical exposures.

There are many toxic substances that threaten kids this time of year. Here's an example.

Your kids may be playing in the driveway. The garage door is open. And perhaps like many families,

you have bottles of chemicals in the garage. Things you don't think about very often. You may even

forget that they're there. Things like anaphrase, cleaning solutions

like car wash concentrate, concrete cleaner, power wash. There could be fertilizers and weed

killers in the garage or even out by the garden. And you might even have pool chemicals

around the house. pH balancers, which are acids and bases, chlorine, bromine, pool shock.

The backyard barbecue is not immune from danger with lighter fluid and teaky torches,

alcoholic beverages, and perhaps medication in Grandma's purse.

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