Urgent Safety Alert: Toddler Hospitalized by Common Anti-Spider Home Remedy Gone Wrong
A mother has issued a crucial warning to parents after her two-year-old son was hospitalized following the accidental consumption of a minuscule amount of peppermint oil. Elessame, the mother, shared her alarming experience on TikTok to caution others against using household products like peppermint oil, commonly employed as a natural spider repellent, around young children.
Elessame had purchased a bottle of essential peppermint oil from a high street store, intending to use it in a spray bottle to deter spiders around doors and skirting boards. Despite the bottle being nearly empty, a
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