The CDC has recently released a new warning for parents
concerning children mistaking laundry pods for candy. This past summer, during
a 30-day period, there were more than 1,000 cases of poisoning from detergent
among kids. Of those cases, more than 400 were connected to detergent pods.
There was an average of 10 cases a day during May. More than 90% of the cases
occur with children under the age of 6. These laundry pods are the most
dangerous form of detergent poisoning. Kids have been rushed to the hospital
due these laundry pods. The makers of Tide detergent are planning on making
their detergent pod containers, which resemble a candy jar, childproof.
However, the responsibility falls on the parents to keep detergent out of reach
from their children. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/laundry-detergent-pods-emerging-public-health-hazard-kids/story?id=17514676#.UIVhumdTBEM
I agree that the responsibility falls on the parents and if these laundry pods were kept out of the reach of there children they wouldn't have had this problem to begin with. The parenst either need to have these pods somewhere high off the ground or in a locked cabinet.
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