Breeders, keep your fucking hands off my dishwasher/laundry soap packets Merged with "Laundry Pod Drama"

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stillwaters
My mom took Dexatrim when I was a toddler - they were bright, shiny capsules filled with many -colored bits. They looked sooo much like candy and I wanted to eat them desperately. But my mom told me not to fucking touch them because I'd get sick... so I didn't. Are kids today so much stupider, or was I just a genius? Maybe its the parents - they can't be assed to actually parent and make sure their kids don't ingest laundry soap?

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cfdavep
My cousin ate a handful of powdered laundry soap under the sink decades ago. I remember he didn't feel too well, but no one tried to ban anything

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bell_flower
Jeebus, A couple of nights ago I half-caught a story on the evening news. Some granddud is on a campaign to ban laundry soap packets. I didn't catch his story, but you know parental neglect must be a factor.

I found this article that discusses "the problem."

How can some of these cases not be post-natal abortions? One of the cases involves a 7 MONTH OLD INFANT who ingested a packet after his mother put a laundry basket next to him while he was sleeping. How did the infant get into the basket, get into the box of laundry packets and eat them? And why on earth weren't the packets with the other cleaning supplies, not in a bedroom? I'm suspicious.

The article reads these packets are "becoming a hidden hazard inside cabinets and closets."

That's the whole problem, right? Those magical packets are walking out of the cabinets, jumping in kids' mouths or erupting onto their skin. eyes2

Let's see: campaign to get manufacturers to stop making a product people like, cost the manufacturers millions of dollars, thereby raising all prices for consumers.....

Wouldn't it be cheaper to CHYLD-PROOF YOUR HOUSE AND WATCH YOUR FUCKING BRATS?

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barren4ever
How about those in charge of chyldrun refrain from buying them. So that us unburdened folks can still have access. Why should the majority be deprived of a product because some do not use it as intended? When will stores hire customer safety advocates to brief parents on every item purchased.eyes2 :iws

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Cambion
I will never understand how little kids will turn their noses up at various foods, but will allegedly eat/drink toxic shit. Are they really that fucking dumb that they can't spit out what I imagine is a nasty-tasting, burning chemical? The average child under the age of eight is usually very good at vomiting up perfectly edible stuff, but not something like bleach or soap? Even if it does look like candy, why are they not smart enough to spit it out?

If a kid is that fucking dumb that they will shove a packet of soap in their piehole and proceed to not spit it back out when they realize how awful it tastes, then the kid is probably too fucking dumb to live. This is not like eating marbles (also fucking stupid) where there's not much going on in regard to taste. It's just a choking hazard. But even if there is the threat of a dumbass child noshing on fucking soap packs, why is it so hard to just keep the toxic shit away from the fucking kid? This is not rocket science.

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bell_flower
Yep, every time anyone tries to idiot-proof something, someone builds a better idiot.

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Laundry detergent pods have only been available for a few years, but the instances of poisonings have surged, including a 13-month-old Minnesota girl who just spent a week in the intensive care unit

Little Zoe didn't understand that the blue detergent pod she swallowed was not a blueberry, like the ones she was eating earlier. The packet exploded down her throat, making her vomit and burning her airway.

“All I wanted to do is take the pain away from her,” Zoe's mom said. “You can't explain this is going to make you better. If you just sit still and let them do the medicine, that it will make you better. But she doesn't understand that.”

Poison control centers have seen a spike in packet detergent cases. Last month set a record with 50 children poisoned from the pods, with burns to the throat and stomach. Fortunately, no deaths have been reported, but officials say the packets are particularly attractive and harmful to kids.

In a statement, a spokesperson said Sam's Cub takes this seriously. They have transitioned away from transparent tubs, but still need to address issues like a more difficult lid, which will come out next month.