The American Association of Poison Control Centers warned last week that it had seen a spike in teenagers eating the detergent pods, which it says can cause seizures, respiratory arrest and even death. CEO David Taylor called the trend “dangerous” and “extremely concerning” in an online post...
"a social media-fueled trend in which teenagers eat single-load laundry detergent packets. The American Association of Poison Control Centers warned last week that it had seen a spike in teenagers eating the detergent pods, which it says can cause seizures, respiratory arrest and even death....
NEW YORK — Procter & Gamble says it’s working to stop the “Tide Pod challenge,” a social media-fueled trend in which teenagers eat single-load laundry detergent packets. The American Association of Poison Control Centers warned last week that it had seen a spike in teenagers eating the ...
, what started as a fairly ridiculous meme about how delicious-looking the detergent-filled gel pods are has spiraled into a dangerous meme, with people actually filming themselves eating the blighted poison packs for a shot at 15 minutes of internet fame in the “Tide Pod challe...
the year when the challenge exploded in popularity, poison control centers in the U.S. have received hundreds of phone calls related to people attempting to ingest large amounts of cinnamon. This all culminated inthe death of a four-year-old boy in 2015who tried to complete the challenge. ...
“unless pods are designed in an opaque, uniform color; not easily permeated by a child’s bite; and individually enclosed in a separate child-resistant wrapper” with a warning on it. In a phone interview, Hoylman references the Tide Pod Challenge: “I’m not trying to protect stupid ...
Health risks tied to the ingestion of liquid laundry detergent has been well-documented — notably in light of the social media-fueled “Tide Pod challenge” that skyrocketed several years ago. Eating the detergents’ chemicals can cause vomiting, diarrhea, liver and kidney damage, and even death...
Consumer Product Safety Commission) advisory warns that ingestion of large quantities of any surfactant-containing household cleaning products, such as these detergent pods, can lead to death, especially to vulnerable people with underlying health issues or medical conditions. (1)(2) Exposure to these...
The USPCSC released an official statement —“Please don’t eat laundry pods.” Maybe try a challengethat raises money for charities, not calls to poison control centers. Editors’ Recommendations YouTube gets parental code feature on TV to protect kids ...
YouTube is taking down videos of people eating Tide podsJacob Shamsian