Health Canada is warning parents to keep miniature laundry detergent
pods away from children following dozens of reports of kids getting sick
after eating the candy-like products. Consuming a detergent pod is unlikely to be fatal for a child, so
parents should stay calm and call poison control if it happens, says Dr.
Joseph Copeland, of B.C. Children's Hospital. "They're concentrated for your laundry, they're also concentrated in
your kids stomach. The thing that we most commonly see with ingestion or
swallowing of detergents is that kids will get nausea and vomiting,"
Copeland said. At least three major North American manufacturers of cleaning products make the colourful plastic pods.Health Canada advises that due to the hazards they pose to young children, laundry detergent packs should be stored in a location where they cannot be found or swallowed. It’s also advised that all parents keep the contact number of their local poison control centre number near the phone.
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