RT Book, Section
A1 Fulton, Jessica A.
A2 Hoffman, Robert S.
A2 Howland, Mary Ann
A2 Lewin, Neal A.
A2 Nelson, Lewis S.
A2 Goldfrank, Lewis R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1108434958
T1 Caustics
T2 Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 10e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071801843
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1108434958
RD 2024/04/19
AB As  early  as  1927,  legislation  in  the  United  States  governing  the  packaging  of  lye-  and  acid-containing  products  mandated  that  warning  labels  be  placed  on  these  products.  In  response  to  the  recognition  that  caustic  exposures  were  more  frequent  in  children,  the  Federal  Hazardous  Substances  Act  and  Poison  Prevention  Packaging  Act  were  passed  in  1970;  these  acts  mandated  that  all  caustics  with  a  concentration  greater  than  10%  be  sold  in  child  resistant  containers.  By  1973,  the  household  concentration  for  child-­resistant  packaging  was  lowered  to  2%.  In  addition,  the  subsequent  development  of  poison  prevention  education  dramatically  decreased  the  incidence  of  unintentional  caustic  injuries  in  children  in  the  United  States.  The  positive  impact  of  both  regulatory  legislation  and  public  health  intervention  is  evident  when  observing  the  decreasing  number  of  significant  exposures  in  the  United  States49  compared  to  the  number  of  exposures  in  developing  nations  that  lack  these  policies.