'Very dangerous': Emergency doctor warns of overdose risk from common supplement

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An emergency medicine physician based in Virginia has issued a stark warning to parents about the potentially lethal dangers lurking in household vitamin cabinets.Dr Ashley Alker, who practises in Fredericksburg, has drawn attention to the serious risks that iron-containing supplements pose to young children in her recently published book, "99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them."The physician notes most people fail to recognise that over-the-counter products can cause overdoses."That's very dangerous for young kids, especially because they don't need very much to overdose," Dr Alker told TODAY.com.

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The National Capital Poison Centre warns that households with newborns face elevated risks, given that mothers may have these supplements readily accessible.Compounding the danger is the fact that many iron supplements now come as...

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