At the Senter house this Halloween the children have their costumes on and they are ready to fill their tummies with tasty treats.
They say their favorite candies are M&M's.
Jill Michels with the Palmetto Poison Control says with all the chocolate and goodies at Halloween, comes a potential risk.
Michels says, "If kids leave stuff on the counter, the adults have medicine on the counter then you have a disaster."
Some of the candy looks eerily similar to everyday medicines we buy. So we put the children to the test. First up 6 year old Josh.
He's asked to pick which one is candy. Josh says, "It is candy."
But it is really a pill.
Now it is Zack's turn and the third grader does much better.
He looks at the pill and says, "It has the numbers on it so I am guessing a pill."
But even Zack wasn't perfect. He missed 2 out of 8.
Their parents were shocked.
"There were some where he really thought they were treats and yeah that would definitely bother me for him to be out in the world somewhere and to be at someone's house and to eat something like that. They make them colorful and distinct and neat looking well kids can see that and they take it and they put in their mouth to see what it tastes like."
At poison control, they say parents should be worried.
Michels says, "Keep medicines out of site, out of view, don't take meds in front of the children."
As for the Senters, they plan to take extra precautions this year so their children don't get tricked into thinking harmful medicines are actually treats.
Poison control says they get hundreds of calls each week about children swallowing medicine they aren't supposed to.
If you suspect your child has taken something they weren't supposed to call your doctor or call the National Poison Hotline at 1-800-222-1222.
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