Tide Pods - The Final Word :P

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The taste of soap never really appealed to me, even as a kid. I don't know how much of the stuff you gotta take before it becomes dangerous. But common sense tells us that if it tastes like crap, you spit it out.
 
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kevinlovett86 said:
The taste of soap never really appealed to me, even as a kid. I don't know how much of the stuff you gotta take before it becomes dangerous. But common sense tells us that if it tastes like crap, you spit it out.
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I disagree...many a dog has eaten their own crap...but are intelligent enough to pass on the pods.
 
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Plus.....if you haven't tried one....how do you know they taste like crap?

Apparently anti freeze used to taste good as hell!

Me?

I'd go for the fabric softener...
Smells way better.

Or the mango flavored Fabuloso!

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barrosinc said:
Eat detergent? Wtf?
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CBS NEWS January 12, 2018, 7:46 AM
Teens are eating laundry detergent for the "Tide Pod Challenge"
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A government watchdog is expressing concern over the dangerous misuse of a laundry detergent. In this latest social media fad, teenagers are putting detergent pods in their mouths in what's being called the "Tide Pod Challenge."

Ingredients in the pods include ethanol, hydrogen peroxide and polymers – a highly-toxic mix of detergent meant to wipe out dirt and grime. Manufacturers have been concerned about toddlers mistakenly ingesting them, but now teens are popping them on purpose and posting videos of the results online, reports CBS News correspondent Anna Werner.

Nineteen-year-old Marc Pagan, who did it on a dare, told CBS News he knew better but did it anyway.

"A lot of people were just saying how stupid I was or how – why would I be willing to do that," he said. "No one should be putting anything like that in their mouths, you know?"

Ann Marie Buerkle, acting chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, says ingesting any of the liquid carries a deadly risk.

"This is what started out as a joke on the internet and now it's just gone too far," Buerkle said.

The pods are bright and colorful and to children they can look like candy. At least 10 deaths have been linked to ingesting these pods. Two were toddlers, eight were seniors with dementia.

Procter & Gamble, the maker of Tide products, told CBS News: "They should not be played with... Even if meant as a joke. Safety is no laughing matter."

More than 62,000 children under the age of six were exposed to laundry and dishwasher detergents, between 2013 and 2014.

The next year, Consumer Reports said it would no longer recommend detergent packets, citing "the unique risks" while urging the "adoption of tougher safety measures."

Buerkle says her group has worked with manufacturers to make the packets less attractive to children.

"Making that laundry packet opaque, less attractive, less colorful, reducing the toxicity and the strength of laundry detergent," Buerkle said.

The CPSC also found that elderly adults with dementia were confused by the product and have also ingested it. The danger to little kids is so high that researchers have recommended the parents of children under six years old not buy these at all and instead use regular detergent only.

Anyone concerned about the dangers of laundry pods can get more information from the American Association of Poison Control Centers. If you need immediate help, call 1-800-222-1222, or text "poison" to 797979 to save the number in your phone.
 
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Cadillactaste said:
CBS NEWS January 12, 2018, 7:46 AM
Teens are eating laundry detergent for the "Tide Pod Challenge"
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A government watchdog is expressing concern over the dangerous misuse of a laundry detergent. In this latest social media fad, teenagers are putting detergent pods in their mouths in what's being called the "Tide Pod Challenge."

Ingredients in the pods include ethanol, hydrogen peroxide and polymers – a highly-toxic mix of detergent meant to wipe out dirt and grime. Manufacturers have been concerned about toddlers mistakenly ingesting them, but now teens are popping them on purpose and posting videos of the results online, reports CBS News correspondent Anna Werner.

Nineteen-year-old Marc Pagan, who did it on a dare, told CBS News he knew better but did it anyway.

"A lot of people were just saying how stupid I was or how – why would I be willing to do that," he said. "No one should be putting anything like that in their mouths, you know?"

Ann Marie Buerkle, acting chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, says ingesting any of the liquid carries a deadly risk.

"This is what started out as a joke on the internet and now it's just gone too far," Buerkle said.

The pods are bright and colorful and to children they can look like candy. At least 10 deaths have been linked to ingesting these pods. Two were toddlers, eight were seniors with dementia.

Procter & Gamble, the maker of Tide products, told CBS News: "They should not be played with... Even if meant as a joke. Safety is no laughing matter."

More than 62,000 children under the age of six were exposed to laundry and dishwasher detergents, between 2013 and 2014.

The next year, Consumer Reports said it would no longer recommend detergent packets, citing "the unique risks" while urging the "adoption of tougher safety measures."

Buerkle says her group has worked with manufacturers to make the packets less attractive to children.

"Making that laundry packet opaque, less attractive, less colorful, reducing the toxicity and the strength of laundry detergent," Buerkle said.

The CPSC also found that elderly adults with dementia were confused by the product and have also ingested it. The danger to little kids is so high that researchers have recommended the parents of children under six years old not buy these at all and instead use regular detergent only.

Anyone concerned about the dangers of laundry pods can get more information from the American Association of Poison Control Centers. If you need immediate help, call 1-800-222-1222, or text "poison" to 797979 to save the number in your phone.
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Nothing demonstrates how the later generations and this country is sliding downhill fast. SAD!!:(:(
 
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Cadillactaste said:
I disagree...many a dog has eaten their own crap...but are intelligent enough to pass on the pods.
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When we first adopted our latest shelter dog, she got into a box of my son's paintball pellets. Ate most of a five pound box.
She couldn't stop drinking water, and her belly swelled up to gigantic size. Threw a lot of it up, pooped the rest.
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CWTurner said:
When we first adopted our latest shelter dog, she got into a box of my son's paintball pellets. Ate most of a five pound box.
She couldn't stop drinking water, and her belly swelled up to gigantic size. Threw a lot of it up, pooped the rest.
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It's because the shells are made of gelatin. The paint can sometimes be oil based and tends to have a laxative effect. I used to work on a paintball site and we'd get all kinds of animals eating left over paintballs that were out on the fields.
 
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