Posted: July 23rd, 2013 | Tags: Illinois Poison Center, illinois poison center blog, IPC, ipc blog, laundry pods, My Child Ate.. | No Comments »
For the second time in 14 months, Proctor and Gamble (P&G) has changed the packaging of Tide Pods laundry detergent packets in order to reduce the risk of pediatric poisoning with the products. The first change was to modify the closure of the plastic tubs; the latest change is to make the packaging opaque so that curious children cannot see the colorful, candy-like contents and be tempted to open the package.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2012 | Tags: 1-800-222-1222, AAPCC, children, clean, clothes, detergent, family, Illinois, IPC, laundry, laundry pods, my child ate google, Poison Center, poison prevention, toddler | 2 Comments »
For years the IPC has received calls involving a child getting into laundry detergent. Luckily, an unintentional taste of powder or liquid laundry detergent by a child is expected to cause minimal toxicity: throat or stomach irritation at the worst. In fact, most children don’t develop any symptoms at all. However, over the past couple months we (and the other poison centers in the country) have been seeing a new formulation of laundry detergent that is causing alarming toxicity. Read more »
