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| Consumer Reports warns liquid laundry detergent packets are not food (Video) |
| 2017-06-17 |
| [ABC] The nonprofit organization Consumer Reports stated the popular liquid laundry detergent packets, sometimes referred to as "pods," may pose a "lethal risk" for adults with dementia, who may mistake the highly concentrated detergent packets for food. The group obtained statistics from the Consumer Product Safety Commission after filing a Freedom of Information Act. The data showed that there have been eight deaths related to ingesting the liquid laundry detergent packets in the U.S. between 2012 and early 2017. Of those deaths, six were adults with dementia and two were young children. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Just cleaning the gene pool. WHAT???? Is it too early? |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2017-06-17 10:15 |
| #4 Eight people died over an eight year period from ingesting laundry detergent packets? That seems like a very low risk. The government can't protect us from everything--not even 911, San Bernardino, or Chattanooga. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-17 09:23 |
| #3 Well, liberals should learn to read then. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-06-17 09:19 |
| #2 My favorite is still years back when a marketing campaign put little bags with foil pack samples of Sunlight dish detergent on people's front doors. Lots of folks saw the lemon on the label, mixed it in a glass of water and drank it without ever reading the words on the label. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-06-17 08:06 |
| #1 We keep safety latches on cabinets that the grand-kids have to stay out of. There are many ways dementia patients can harm themselves that they must be protected from. Is it really necessary to worry about this one specially? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-06-17 07:34 |