Palmetto Poison Center Says Children Often Victims of Accidental Poisoning. redorbis.July 21, 2008. More than 50 percent of calls made to the Palmetto Poison Center at the University of South Carolina in 2007 were for children younger than 6, according to the center’s annual report. The report, which was released earlier this month, also showed people older than 21 made up 32 percent of calls received in 2007 and children between 6 and 21 accounted for the remaining 13 percent. [ See ]. See also Web page of Palmetto Poison Center.