Ezike warns against ingesting household cleaners after spike in poison calls

Published April 27, 2020 7:00pm ET



The state government’s top doctor told people Saturday not to ingest household cleaners or common disinfectants after a spike in calls to the Illinois Poison Center.

“Injecting, ingesting, snorting household cleaners is dangerous, it is not advised and can be deadly,” Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said Saturday.

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