said by Critsmcgee:said by Booost :Not only that, but the pods look like candy to children!
The powder looks like candy too. Pixy sticks or sugar yummy! The stuff people come up with these days. LOL
Child dies after eating detergent pod:
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www.clickorlando.com/new ··· dex.htmlHealth Hazards Associated with Laundry Detergent Pods - Center for Disease Control (CDC)
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www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview ··· 41a1.htmsaid by CDC :
Exposures to laundry detergent pods represented the highest percentage of household cleaning product exposure in a recent national poison center study from the United Kingdom (8). Among these laundry detergent pod exposures, 96% occurred in children aged 5 years. Ingestion was the route of exposure in 80% of the children in this age group; reported signs and symptoms included nausea and vomiting, coughing, drowsiness, and rash (8). A study of laundry detergent pod exposures conducted during 20102011 by the poison control center in Milan, Italy, found that persons exposed to liquid laundry capsules were more likely to be symptomatic (76%) compared with those exposed to traditional laundry detergent products (27%) (1).
As found in Europe, this initial analysis of NPDS data suggests that laundry detergent pod exposures in the United States have occurred more frequently among children aged 5 years. In this age group, pod-related laundry detergent exposures are more likely to occur by ingestion and to be associated with clinical signs and symptoms than non-podrelated exposures. Children might be attracted to the pods because their colorful appearance and size are similar to candy (1,4,9).