I have doting computer memory of Mr. Yuk from my childhood . My parents target the green - yucky - expression stumper on various items under the kitchen sink , and for certain enough , I never drank drainpipe cleansing agent . But where did Mr. Yuk fall from ?
According to Wikipedia , Mr. Yuk is from Pittsburgh , and was introduced in 1971 . Prior to 1971 , toxicant symbols were normally of the skull - and - crossbones variety , but there was concern that tyke might colligate that " jolly roger " symbolisation with pirates . This articlefurther explains that in the early 70 ’s , the skull - and - crossbones was also the logo for the Pittsburgh Pirates , so I can see how kids might not associate it with something they should NOT touch . The poison center at the Children ’s Hospital of Pittsburgh design the Mr. Yuk logotype and distribute the sticker ( which also typically contain a phone identification number to reach a local or internal poison control hotline – for the phonograph recording , the internal number is 1 - 800 - 222 - 1222 ) , and at least in my experience , these stickers were widespread as late as the mid-1980 ’s .
Much more – include freaky 70 ’s videos – after the saltation .
Severalstudieshave attempted to value the effectiveness of Mr. Yuk . Unfortunately , the studies point that Mr. Yuk is not very effective at preventing children from handling Yuk - labeled bottles – one argue that child in reality handle the Yuk - judge bottlesmore , possibly because of the cartoonish appearance of the toughie . The other showed no significant difference between Yuk - labeled and non - labeled feeding bottle . Well , that ’s a bummer . It ’s unclear from the study summaries whether education for the kids ( explain not to touch things label with Mr. Yuk ) would have feign the final result .
One affair I missed as a kid was this Mr. Yuk Public Service Announcement ( slash spooky drug trip ) from 1971 . set to be freaked out :
For Mr. Yuk superfans , here ’s the prolonged variation of the birdcall from the PSA above ( you may alsodownload an MP3 ):
you could get a free sheet of Mr. Yuk pricker from theMr . Yuk page(warning : play a abbreviated musical theme song ! ) at the Children ’s Hospital of Pittsburgh . you could also orderLance Armstrong - mode green " poison help " wristbands . Um . " Yuk . "
A interrogation for current parent of young kids : is Mr. Yuk on any items in your theater ?
