It's not always easy to store your equipment properly when you are a vaper! However, vigilance remains necessary because e-liquids containing nicotine can be real poisons for children and animals. In Belgium, the Antipoisons center is sounding the alarm by pointing out the potential danger of poisoning.
119 CALLS TO POISON CENTER FOR 2018 POISONING
In 2018, the Antipoisons center received 119 calls for poisoning with e-liquids (and especially nicotine). If the figure can make you smile, it remains important to specify that once in two, the poison control center asks the caller to go to the clinic.
The Antipoisons Center therefore takes intoxications to e-liquids very seriously. " Refills for e-cigarettes are potentially dangerous, especially for children "Continues the spokesman, Patrick De Cock.
Who adds, " but in every other case, we ask the caller to go to the doctor or even to the hospital. Hoping that our advice is followed ". Or at the vet. Since among 2018 intoxications including 65 adults, 42 children ... and 12 dogs. In 2016, the Antipoisons center already pointed fingerst lack of vigilance with respect to e-liquids.
