Poison Help: Free 24/7 Guidance for Poison Emergencies
Reach out right away for any possible poisoning, even a minor or unexpected encounter with a medicine, product, plant, or creature.
Get free, confidential guidance any time, day or night, either online through webPOISONCONTROL or by phone at your regional poison center.
Primary Resources
webPOISONCONTROL — Get help online · Free, confidential, fully-automated triage tool available 24/7; provides a recommendation in under 3 minutes based on age, substance, amount, and symptoms.
Poison Control Phone Line — 1-800-222-1222 · Routes to the poison center serving your region; free, expert, and confidential, available 24/7.
Poison Control Website — poison.org · Central hub for poison prevention information, first aid guidance, and the webPOISONCONTROL tool.
Educational & Resource Programs
First Aid for Poisonings — Read the guide · Immediate steps to take before help arrives.
Is It a Poison? Substance Library — Search the library · Searchable articles on the safety of specific substances.
How to Get Help Online or by Phone — Learn more · Overview of both ways to reach Poison Control.
The Poison Post® Newsletter — Subscribe · Free quarterly e-newsletter with poison prevention tips.
Poison Control App — Apple App Store · Google Play
Support Services & Contact Information
Feedback Survey — Share your thoughts
Donate — Support Poison Control · Donations to this 501(c)(3) organization fund free, confidential poison emergency guidance.
Administrative & Media Inquiries — 202-362-3867 or email · For administrative or media inquiries only; not for poisoning advice.
About National Capital Poison Center
The National Capital Poison Center (NCPC) was founded in 1980 at the request of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit affiliated with The George Washington University School of Medicine; it closed its telephone call center in 2025 to become the nation’s first fully-automated, all-digital Poison Control.
Its mission is to prevent poisonings, save lives, and limit injury from poisoning by providing free, expert guidance 24/7.
NCPC serves the general public across the entire United States through webPOISONCONTROL, with more than half of reported cases involving children younger than six years old.
Its services include online triage guidance for poison exposures, poison prevention education, and hazard detection and surveillance work with regulators and industry.
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