[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 23, 2004)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 13707-13708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6687]



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Part V





The President





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Proclamation 7763--National Poison Prevention Week, 2004
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                Proclamation 7763 of March 19, 2004

                
National Poison Prevention Week, 2004

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Each year, approximately 1 million calls to poison 
                control centers are made because children may have 
                ingested harmful substances. The National Poison 
                Prevention Week Council organizes activities annually 
                to raise awareness of the danger of unintentional 
                poisoning and to educate adults about how to avoid and 
                handle these emergencies.

                Since the first National Poison Prevention Week in 
                1962, our Nation has taken important steps to protect 
                children from consuming inappropriate medicines or 
                household chemicals by heightening awareness, 
                supporting poison control centers, and improving 
                packaging. In December, I signed the Poison Control 
                Center Enhancement and Awareness Act Amendments of 2003 
                to provide assistance for poison prevention programs 
                and to stabilize the funding of regional poison control 
                centers. This measure supports those who are working to 
                reduce poisonings in America and to improve the safety 
                and health of all Americans.

                The Consumer Product Safety Commission requires child-
                resistant packaging for certain toxic medicines and 
                chemicals. Because packaging is never completely child-
                proof, adults should also lock medicines and chemicals 
                out of the reach of children.

                To encourage Americans to learn more about the dangers 
                of accidental poisonings and to take appropriate 
                preventive measures, the Congress, by joint resolution 
                approved September 26, 1961, as amended (75 Stat. 681), 
                has authorized and requested the President to issue a 
                proclamation designating the third week of March each 
                year as ``National Poison Prevention Week.''

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim March 21 
                through March 27, 2004, as National Poison Prevention 
                Week. I call upon all Americans to observe this week by 
                participating in appropriate activities and by learning 
                how to prevent poisonings among children.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                nineteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand four, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.

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[FR Doc. 04-6687 Filed 3-22-04; 11:00 am]
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