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Food

Almonds, pecans, walnuts, pistachios YELLOW
Apple cores & seeds YELLOW
Avocado flesh GREEN
Baker's yeast YELLOW
Baking soda / baking powder YELLOW
Chewing gum RED
Chocolate-covered coffee beans RED
Chocolate-covered raisins / trail mix RED
Citrus fruit flesh GREEN
Coconut & coconut oil GREEN
Dark / semisweet chocolate DOSE
Dry cocoa powder DOSE
Fatty foods / grease / bacon / fat trimmings YELLOW
Fresh currants (Ribes) RED
Fruit cake / hot cross buns / mince pies RED
Garlic DOSE
Grapes RED
Green or raw potatoes / sprouts YELLOW
Ketchup, mustard & condiments GREEN
Leeks, chives & scallions YELLOW
Macadamia nuts DOSE
Milk chocolate DOSE
Moldy food / compost / garbage RED
Nutmeg (large amounts) YELLOW
Onion (raw, cooked, powder) DOSE
Popcorn / corn kernels (plain) GREEN
Raisins / sultanas RED
Raw yeast bread dough RED
Spicy food / chili / hot sauce GREEN
Star fruit (carambola) YELLOW
Sugar-free baked goods, gummies & vitamins RED
Tamarind RED
Unsweetened baking chocolate DOSE
White chocolate DOSE
Xylitol (sugar-free gum/candy/peanut butter) RED

Garden

Bee or wasp (eaten / stung) GREEN
Blue-green algae (pond scum) RED
Bone meal / blood meal YELLOW
Cocoa bean shell mulch YELLOW
Lawn & garden fertilizer YELLOW
Paraquat RED
Rose & flower systemic insecticide RED
Spiders (black widow, brown recluse) YELLOW
Toads (licking/biting) RED
Weed killer (glyphosate, 2,4-D) YELLOW

Drink

Alcohol (beer, wine, liquor) RED
Caffeine (coffee grounds, beans, pills) RED
Cola / caffeinated soda (a few sips) GREEN
Energy drinks / caffeine shots RED
Kombucha / hard seltzer YELLOW
Tea (bags, leaves) YELLOW

Object

Avocado pit YELLOW
Ball swallowed (tennis ball, toy ball) RED
Batteries (button/coin and AA) RED
Cat litter / cat poop GREEN
Coins (non-penny) YELLOW
Cooked bones (chicken, rib, ham) YELLOW
Corn on the cob YELLOW
Eating poop (coprophagia) GREEN
Fish hooks, needles & pins RED
Hair ties / rubber bands YELLOW
Magnets (multiple) RED
Paintballs RED
Pennies & zinc objects RED
Plastic bags, wrappers & foil YELLOW
Play-Doh / homemade salt dough YELLOW
Rawhide / bully stick chunks YELLOW
Rocks / gravel YELLOW
Silica gel packets GREEN
Socks, underwear & toy pieces YELLOW
Sticks, skewers & toothpicks YELLOW
Tampons, pads & diapers YELLOW
Tinsel, ribbon, string & floss RED

Plant

Chemical

All-purpose / glass cleaner / disinfecting wipes YELLOW
Antifreeze (ethylene glycol) RED
Bleach (household) YELLOW
Camphor / menthol rubs (Vicks) RED
Carbon monoxide / smoke exposure RED
Dish soap / hand soap / shampoo GREEN
Drain / oven / toilet-bowl cleaner (lye, acids) RED
Essential oils (tea tree, eucalyptus, pennyroyal, wintergreen) RED
Expanding glue (Gorilla Glue) RED
Fire starter logs YELLOW
Fireworks RED
Gasoline, kerosene, lighter fluid, paint thinner RED
Glow sticks / glow jewelry GREEN
Hand warmers / oxygen absorbers YELLOW
Latex wall paint GREEN
Laundry & dishwasher pods RED
Lead (old paint chips, fishing sinkers, curtain weights) RED
Liquid potpourri RED
Matches GREEN
Mercury (old thermometer) GREEN
Mothballs RED
Pine oil cleaners YELLOW
Propylene glycol ('pet-safe'/RV antifreeze) YELLOW
Rubbing alcohol / hand sanitizer YELLOW
Salt / rock salt / ice melt DOSE
Super glue (cyanoacrylate) GREEN
Windshield washer fluid (methanol) YELLOW

Safe food

Apple slices GREEN
Ate the whole bag of dog food YELLOW
Bananas GREEN
Blueberries, strawberries & raspberries GREEN
Carrots GREEN
Cat food GREEN
Cooked eggs GREEN
Cooked sweet potato GREEN
Eating grass GREEN
Green beans, peas, broccoli, cucumber GREEN
Honey / maple syrup (small amount) GREEN
Ice cubes GREEN
Milk, cheese and yogurt GREEN
Peanut butter (regular) GREEN
Plain baked bread GREEN
Plain cooked chicken / turkey (boneless) GREEN
Plain cooked fish (salmon, tuna) GREEN
Plain cooked rice GREEN
Plain oatmeal GREEN
Plain pasta GREEN
Plain pumpkin GREEN
Watermelon & cantaloupe (no rind) GREEN

Medication

Drug

CBD oil / treats GREEN
Cannabis / THC edibles YELLOW
Cocaine / methamphetamine / MDMA RED
Nicotine (cigarettes, vapes, pouches, gum, patches) RED
Psilocybin ('magic') mushrooms RED

Cosmetic

Deodorant / antiperspirant GREEN
Hair dye, relaxer & perm solutions YELLOW
Lotions, sunscreen & lip balm GREEN
Makeup (lipstick, mascara, foundation) GREEN
Nail polish / remover (acetone) YELLOW
Perfume / cologne / body spray YELLOW
Toothpaste & mouthwash (fluoride) YELLOW
Zinc oxide cream (diaper rash cream) YELLOW

Pest control

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