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Media
The West Virginia Poison Center sends press releases to all West Virginia media about topics
important to West Virginia citizens based on surveillance of poison center calls to identify
areas of current poisoning trends.
West Virginia media outlets were provided with 13 press releases throughout 2017.
Topics included:
Proper dosing of medication
Halloween safety
Prescription drug misuse and abuse
Essential oil safety
Grandparent poison safety
Hunting safety
Summer poison myths
Known Media Placements
Newspapers Television
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