Poison Control Seeing Increase In Calls About Over-The-Counter Supplements

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — For years now, Mr. Yuk has been the face of poison control, aimed at keeping kids away from dangerous medicines and products.
But there are a growing number of calls to poison control centers nationwide, because of something you probably have in your home and think is totally safe – over-the-counter supplements.
It’s a national pattern. There have been 275,000 calls between 2000 and 2012.
The Pittsburgh Poison Control Cente