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2,950 cases so far of kids eating detergent capsules....

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edro said:
Yeah... I just saw them yesterday at the grocery.

The price per ounce was DOUBLE the price per ounce of the regular bottle.
Same Tide, just in pack form.
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the packs need less chemical to perform the same. look at the per-load calculation. 40 load box of powder is about the same cost as a 40 load box of packets
 
PottedMeat said:
as opposed to unscrewing a cap, pouring up to a line in the cap, then dumping in a little tray? saving what, 5 seconds?
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that was annoying and tiresome to even read... let alone do

of course im joking, but only mostly. there is no question the packs are easier to use. i love them. i live in an apartment, so, i take a packet and pop it in my pocket. then i grab my laundry basket and go to the laundry room. no carrying 40 loads worth of detergent back and forth, no mess and no overfilling because im in a hurry.
 
Refrains self from making cold blooded comment. I don't remember eating non-food while growing up.
 
“Detergent manufacturers are re-emphasizing the importance of keeping single unit dose laundry detergent packets out of the reach of children"

where exactly are these parents keeping these packets so that the kids can reach them?
 
Love using the pods. I'll be pissed if these get banned.. stupid parents putting them within reach of children are to blame.
 
spacejamz said:
“Detergent manufacturers are re-emphasizing the importance of keeping single unit dose laundry detergent packets out of the reach of children"

where exactly are these parents keeping these packets so that the kids can reach them?
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Probably on the ground floor next to their washing machines.
 
In the eyes of a toddler they look like candy, it's pretty understandable why the kids go for it. The real question is WHY are parents not more careful? And I AM a parent of a 3 year old.
 
spacejamz said:
“Detergent manufacturers are re-emphasizing the importance of keeping single unit dose laundry detergent packets out of the reach of children"

where exactly are these parents keeping these packets so that the kids can reach them?
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no shit.

I have a laundry room. a small room in the back of the house that is all by itself. it has doors that close.

I also keep the detergent and bleach on a shelf above.

i really don't get story's like this.
 
We are using something similiar not for laundry but for or dishwasher. Has the Dishwashing soap and rinse aid all together. It is kind of nice.
 
Detergent is a chemical, no matter what form it comes in and should be stored well out of reach of any kids young enough to mistake it for something edible. How careless do you have to be to leave it laying around close enough for a 20 month old to get to it?

This isn't really the same as the buckyballs. Those are intended to be desk ornaments and on display and not in the same category as a chemical that should be safely stored away.
 
Let's review the article:

“She had diarrhea,” Sutton recalled. “It was pretty much the symptoms of a stomach virus.”

Wahl thinks the danger is pretty clear now.

“I’ve never seen a consumer product that had that degree of injury in a child,” he said.

The fuck? So eating a consumer product like, I don't know, lighter fluid, won't give a kid diarheaa and make them throw up?

Anyone see any fatalities linked to this? No? Just a bunch of drippy assholes? Oh NO, what shall we do.
 
Pulsar said:
“I’ve never seen a consumer product that had that degree of injury in a child,” he said.[/B][/I]

The fuck? So eating a consumer product like, I don't know, lighter fluid, won't give a kid diarheaa and make them throw up?

Anyone see any fatalities linked to this? No? Just a bunch of drippy assholes? Oh NO, what shall we do.
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lol

I agree. So your kid ate some soap!?! So what?!
It's better than eating a can of RAID.

Hell, they should call this stuff "cussing candy" and give it to kids when they say bad words.
 
waggy said:
no shit.

I have a laundry room. a small room in the back of the house that is all by itself. it has doors that close.

I also keep the detergent and bleach on a shelf above.

i really don't get story's like this.
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kids can climb and they explore everything.



They are worse than cats....hard to imagine that is possible, but it's true.
 
SandEagle said:
http://todayhealth.today.com/_news/2012/09/05/13689063-more-kids-eating-colorful-detergent-capsules

wtf is wrong with kids these days? why haven't they banned them yet? we are raising a nation of morons from an early age. bring back buckyballs i say. :\
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Things sure have changed since I was a kid. When I was a kid parents would wash a child's mouth with soap when the kid swore. It was seen as a punishment. Modern children willingly eat soap? We didn't actually eat the soap back then - we just had it forced into our mouths and we spit it out because it tastes horrible.
 
zinfamous said:
kids can climb and they explore everything.



They are worse than cats....hard to imagine that is possible, but it's true.
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Maybe modern kids are just stupid. I ventured around as a kid and I tasted laundry soap. It tastes horrible and I spit it out immediately rather than eat a bunch of it. I also tasted white wine as a kid. It arguably tastes worse than the powdered laundry soap.
 
"Cussing candy" LOL!

Yeah, when my wife heard about this last week she talked to my 4 year old son about it. She said, "Buddy, you know this isn't candy right?" and he said "Yeah" in the same kind of tone of "What the fuck do you think I am, a retard?!" Then he talked about how they go in the washing machine to wash the clothes and make them smell good.

Bottom line, my "untrained" 4-year old was smart enough to fucking realize that shit that sits in the laundry room is there to clean laundry, not be eaten. Are these parents putting this shit in the cabinet next to the Fruit Loops or something? WTF??!

Oh, and where's the outrage about the dishwasher ones that are far more commonly stored in the kitchen?
 
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