In India, 47% of the poison cases reported at the National Poisons Information Centre (NPIC) of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, are because of:
1. Mosquito Repellents
2. Detergents
3. Antiseptics and
4. Cosmetics.
Courtesy: The Week, May 8, 2005.
Wikipedia articles on:
“Poison”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison
“List of Extremely Hazardous Substances” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extremely_hazardous_substances
Link to NPIC Webpage at the AIIMS Website: http://www.aiims.edu/aiims/departments/NPIC/NPICIntro.htm
Grateful thanks to The Week, NPIC, AIIMS and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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