“…Studies by Berta et al (2020) in Northern Italy [ 7 ], Patel et al (2017) in the United States [ 8 ], Ahmed et al (2015) in Qatar, [ 9 ], Mintegi et al (2006) in Spain [ 10 ], Hoy et al (1999), Reith et al (2001), Schmertmann (2013) and Lee et al (2019) in Australia [ 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ], Mutlu et al (2010) in Turkey [ 15 ], Azab et al (2016) in Egypt [ 16 ], Sharif et al (2003) in Ireland [ 17 ], Tobaiqy et al (2010) in Scotland [ 18 ], Christophersen (2002) in Denmark [ 19 ], Dayasiri (2017 and 2020) in Sri Lanka [ 20 , 21 ], Mohammadi et al (2020) in Iran [ 22 ], Yehya et al (2020) and Albals et al (2020) in Jordan [ 23 , 24 ] and Ham et al (2020) in Korea [ 25 ] demonstrate the global nature and breadth of research of the problem of acute poisoning. The most frequent source of poisoning varies from country to country depending on social, economic, cultural, and educational background [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 ]. In developed countries, the most toxic substances are medicines and household cleaning products; developing countries more frequently see kerosene and pesticides causing acute p...…”