[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
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Part XIII





The President





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 Proclamation 6770--National Poison Prevention Week
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Title 3--
The President  
                Proclamation 6770 of February 15, 1995

                
National Poison Prevention Week, 1995

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                 Children are the future of our country, and protecting 
                them is America's most sacred responsibility. All of 
                us--government leaders, citizens, parents--are bound to 
                do whatever we can to keep them safe and healthy. 
                Simple safety measures--such as using child-resistant 
                packaging correctly, locking cupboards, keeping 
                prescriptions and cleaning supplies out of the reach of 
                a child's hands--all can protect our most precious 
                resource from the dangers of poison and other hazardous 
                substances.

                The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has 
                made great progress in safeguarding our young people by 
                mandating child-resistant packaging for medicine and 
                dangerous chemicals. And the invaluable work of the 
                Nation's poison control centers has saved countless 
                lives, both young and old. These public health efforts 
                have reduced childhood poisoning deaths from 450 in 
                1961 to 62 in 1991.

                However, according to the American Association of 
                Poison Control Centers, nearly 1 million children each 
                year are exposed to potentially poisonous medicines and 
                household chemicals. Every year we lose children to 
                poisoning--and almost all of these poisonings are 
                preventable. This week--and every week--we must 
                rededicate ourselves to informing everyone of the 
                importance of prevention and to educating all 
                caregivers about ways to prevent childhood poisonings.

                To encourage the American people to learn more about 
                the dangers of accidental poisonings and to take more 
                preventive measures, the Congress, by Public Law 87-319 
                (75 Stat. 681), has authorized and requested the 
                President to issue a proclamation designating the third 
                week of March of each year as ``National Poison 
                Prevention Week.''

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week 
                beginning March 19, 1995, as National Poison Prevention 
                Week. I call upon all Americans to observe this week by 
                participating in appropriate ceremonies and activities.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-five, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and nineteenth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 95-4274
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