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- Washington Poison Control Center has been running for 50 years Washington Poison Control Center: Information
- Provides assistance for parents who know or suspect their children have ingested a poisonous substance Washington Poison Control Center: Information
- Offers advice for caller with environmental and toxicological concerns Washington Poison Control Center: Information
- The control center is currently staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year Washington Poison Control Center: Information
- Staff: registered pharmacists and nurses certified in poison information Washington Poison Control Center: Information
- Language Line: provides translation services in more than 140 languages Washington Poison Control Center: Information
- TDD: provides services for the hearing impaired using telecommunications devices for the deaf
- Many doctors also use the resource Washington Poison Control Center: Information
- Mascot: Mr. Yuk
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The Washington Poison Center hotline may be closed down due to state budget cuts.Theolympian: Cuts may close Washington poison center hot line (January 27, 2009) The center, based in Seattle, is a private service that relies on funding from state and federal sources. Governor Chris Gregoire has proposed cutting its funding from $4 million to $2 million a year. Last year the center handled 100,000, 86 percent were resolved without callers leaving home.
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- "Without that funding, we won't be able to continue to pay the specialists that man the phone," said Jim Williams, the center's executive director.King5: Washington Poison Center hotline may go dead (January 27, 2009)
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