It’s natural for children to explore and their curiosity easily extends to “interesting” items around the home. Many items may appear innocent or similar to something that is safe, while actually being harmful or toxic to humans or harmful to children. Review the list below to see examples of products you may have around your house that may be mistaken for something else.
| Product That is Harmful |
Mistaken For |
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| Citroma Sparkling Laxative (Cherry Flavor) |
Faygo Diet Red Pop |
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| Comet Cleaner |
Kraft Grated Cheese |
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| D-Con (kills mice) |
Nerds or Dweebs Candy |
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| Ex-Lax Chocolate Laxative |
Hershey's Chocolate Bar |
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| Genesee Cream Ale (can) |
7Up or Sprite (can) |
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| Lamp Oil |
Cranberry Juice |
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| Mothballs |
Mini-marshmallows |
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| Pabst Blue Ribbon (can) |
Diet Pepsi (can) |
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| Spic & Span (cleaners of similar color) |
Apple Juice |
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| Sunlight Dishwashing Liquid |
Minute Maid Lemon Juice |
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| Windshield Washer Fluid |
Blue Hawaiian Punch/Kool Aid |
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| Ben Gay sports cream |
Toothpaste |
