PRINTER'S NO. 899
No. 54 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY COWELL, ACOSTA, ANGSTADT, ARGALL, ARTY, BALDWIN,
BARLEY, BATTISTO, BELARDI, BELFANTI, BIRMELIN, BLACK, BLAUM,
BOOK, BORTNER, BOWLEY, BOWSER, BOYES, BRANDT, BROUJOS, BUNT,
BURD, BURNS, BUSH, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPABIANCA, CARLSON, CARN,
CAWLEY, CESSAR, CHADWICK, CIMINI, CIVERA, CLARK, CLYMER,
COHEN, COLAFELLA, COLE, CORNELL, CORRIGAN, COY, DALEY,
DAVIES, DAWIDA, DEAL, DeLUCA, DeVERTER, DeWEESE, DIETTERICK,
DININNI, DISTLER, DOMBROWSKI, DONATUCCI, DORR, DUFFY, DURHAM,
EVANS, FARGO, FARMER, FATTAH, FEE, FISCHER, FLICK, FOSTER,
FOX, FREEMAN, FREIND, GALLEN, GAMBLE, GANNON, GEIST, GEORGE,
GLADECK, GODSHALL, GRUITZA, GRUPPO, HAGARTY, HALUSKA, HARPER,
HASAY, HAYDEN, HAYES, HECKLER, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS,
HONAMAN, HOWLETT, HUGHES, HUTCHINSON, IRVIS, ITKIN, JACKSON,
JADLOWIEC, JAROLIN, JOHNSON, JOSEPHS, KASUNIC, KENNEDY,
KENNEY, KOSINSKI, KUKOVICH, LaGROTTA, LANGTRY, LASHINGER,
LAUGHLIN, LEH, LESCOVITZ, LETTERMAN, LEVDANSKY, LINTON,
LIVENGOOD, LLOYD, LUCYK, MAIALE, MAINE, MANDERINO, MANMILLER,
MARKOSEK, MAYERNIK, McCALL, McCLATCHY, McHALE, McVERRY,
MELIO, MERRY, MICHLOVIC, MICOZZIE, MILLER, MOEHLMANN, MORRIS,
MOWERY, MRKONIC, MURPHY, NAHILL, NOYE, O'BRIEN, O'DONNELL,
OLASZ, OLIVER, PERZEL, PETRARCA, PETRONE, PHILLIPS, PICCOLA,
PIEVSKY, PISTELLA, PITTS, PRESSMANN, PRESTON, PUNT, RAYMOND,
REBER, REINARD, RICHARDSON, RIEGER, RITTER, ROBBINS, ROEBUCK,
RUDY, RYAN, RYBAK, SALOOM, SAURMAN, SCHEETZ, SCHULER, SEMMEL,
SERAFINI, SEVENTY, SHOWERS, SIRIANNI, B. SMITH, S. H. SMITH,
D. W. SNYDER, G. SNYDER, STABACK, STAIRS, STEIGHNER, STEVENS,
STEWART, STUBAN, SWEET, E. Z. TAYLOR, F. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR,
TELEK, TIGUE, TRELLO, TRUMAN, VAN HORNE, VEON, VROON,
WAMBACH, WASS, WESTON, WIGGINS, WILSON, WOGAN, WOZNIAK,
D. R. WRIGHT, J. L. WRIGHT, R. C. WRIGHT AND YANDRISEVITS,
MARCH 16, 1987
ADOPTED, MARCH 16, 1987
A RESOLUTION
1 Proclaiming March 15 through 21, 1987, as "Poison Prevention
2 Week."
3 WHEREAS, Our society has become increasingly dependent on
1 household chemicals to aid us in daily life and on medicine to
2 provide health-giving benefits; and
3 WHEREAS, These products, when not used as intended or
4 directed, may be hazardous, particularly if children gain access
5 to them; and
6 WHEREAS, Every 30 seconds, a child under five years of age
7 suffers the terror and pain of an accidental poisoning; and
8 WHEREAS, Many communities in this Commonwealth have been
9 observing "Poison Prevention Week" to call attention to these
10 hazards and how proper handling and disposal of these substances
11 and proper use of safety packaging can help eliminate them; and
12 WHEREAS, The efforts of our community organizations,
13 complemented by the efforts of county health departments, county
14 pharmaceutical associations, hospital pharmacists associations,
15 and the State poison control network have reduced childhood
16 poisonings through education and the use of the nationally
17 recognized poison warning symbol, "Mr. Yuk"; and
18 WHEREAS, With the leadership of Children's Hospital of
19 Pittsburgh, where "Mr. Yuk" began, these educational programs
20 must continue to expand to ensure against the possibility of
21 even one child's misfortune; therefore be it
22 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives proclaim March 15
23 through 21, 1987, as "Poison Prevention Week" in this
24 Commonwealth, and urge the appropriate agencies in our local
25 governments to continue their cooperation with concerned
26 citizens and community organizations, including our schools, to
27 develop programs which will alert our people to the continued
28 danger of poisons.
C13L82JRW/19870H0054R0899 - 2 -