Paraquat: Accidental Poisonings
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/2″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]In California alone, there were more than 1,400 cases of accidental poisonings during 1998-2009 caused by storage of non-food substances in soda bottles, unmarked bottles, cups or glasses. The accidental ingestion of the pesticide, Paraquat dichloride, caused several of those deaths.