The California Poison Control System and the Central California Children’s Hospital reviewed data from 1998-2009 and identified more than 1,400 cases of accidental poisonings caused by storage of non-food substances in soda bottles, unmarked bottles, cups or glasses. Several of the deaths involved the accidental ingestion of pesticides, including paraquat.
You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Paraquat Dichloride: One Sip Can Kill (PDF)(4 pp, 171 K, March 8, 2019)