Single-load laundry detergent capsules are made by a number of different manufactuers, but their candy-like appearance leads some children to ingest them. They look like a candy, or a small toy ...

More kids eating detergent packs, docs report. May 24, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT / Source: The Associated Press. By NOMAAN MERCHANT.

Single-use packages of laundry detergent are causing problems for kids who eat them. There have been at least 250 cases of illness from the packs reported to poison control centers across the ...

Until laundry detergent can be made safer, parents of young children shouldn't buy them, ... Kids and detergent pods: A serious poison risk. Updated: Jul. 16, 2015, 5:39 p.m.

Parents, stick to bottled Tide. Doctors are reporting a bizarre surge in kids eating poisonous mini laundry-detergent packets, which have recently become a popular alternative to bulky liquid ...

In some cases, kids were playing with them, causing the packaging to rupture and squirt detergent into their eyes. In others, ruptured packages led to kids accidentally inhaling the contents.

Miniature laundry detergent packets arrived on store shelves in recent months as an alternative to bulky bottles and messy spills. But doctors across the country say children are confusing the ...

Consumer Reports first warned about the dangers of ingesting detergent pods in 2012, when poison control centers reported 7,700 cases among children ages 5 and under, it reported — an average of ...

Detergent pods are convenient, ... "It's a risk for injury to the eye, and like any chemical they need to be put in a place where kids do not have access to it," Gray told Shots.

In August alone, U.S. poison centers got 734 calls regarding children and detergent gel packs. U.S. poison hotlines have received 2,950 calls so far this year ...

They may be more convenient for laundry-doers, but experts warn that single-dose laundry packs are sweet, toxic temptation for kids. Concentrated laundry packs like Tide Pods, the brightly colored,… ...

In August alone, U.S. poison centers got 734 calls regarding children and detergent gel packs. U.S. poison hotlines have received 2,950 calls so far this year ...