Kids Swallowing Laundry Packs
The more convenient it is the more consumers gravitate to it, especially with busy lives we all live. And that convenience for consumers can lead to dangers when children are involved. That's why poison control officials have issued a warning to parents about the new brightly colored little packets that combine laundry detergent with other cleaning agents. It's a new convenience for consumers, and now new danger for kids. Nearly 250 people have called poison centers in a past couple of months after small children swallowed or bit into the packets, the Associated Press reports. And some of the kids have gotten very sick much sicker than kids usually get when they swallow a little detergent, says an alert from The American Association of Poison Control Centers. For example: -- A 15-month-old child developed "profuse vomiting" and had to be put on a ventilator at a hospital to keep breathing. -- A 17-month-old child developed nausea and vomiting and also inhale