Posted on 02/07/2018 11:48:05 AM PST by NohSpinZone
Two state lawmakers this week wrote to the CEO of Proctor & Gamble urging the company to repackage their Tide Pods product to be child resistant and have clear warning labels about ingesting the detergent.
“While our legislation would only protect New Yorkers, we urge Procter & Gamble and all manufacturers of colorful detergent pods to offer the same protections to the nation and immediately commit to the precautions set forth in our legislation,” wrote the lawmakers, Sen. Brad Hoylman and Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas.
“It’s time that you recognized the danger to those least able to protect themselves from a poisonous product packaged like candy. If not, these products should be removed from store shelves as soon as possible.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nystateofpolitics.com ...
The kids eating them are old enough to open child resistant packaging and old enough to know better.
Bleach for the gene pool.
Darwin Awards in a box.
What a bunch of meddling nannys.
These folks are doing it on purpose. They know what is in the packages.
Cuz, you know, kids are so diligent at reading warning labels...
Seems to me that the dummies swallowing those things should have sense enough to not do that. There are some things that just can’t be fixed to protect the less than intelligent from harming themselves.
18-25 year olds are such morons,we need to keep poison out of their hands....Years of public education and your kid thinks it’s okay to eat poison....
Don’t sell them to kids and require licensed adults to lock up their tide pods in a safe.
Scares me that people are so STUPID as to leave those things within reach of a child that sees it as something to put in their mouth like candy. Some people just don’t need kids. A big part of raising them is watching them........grrrrrr
Is there similar packaging restrictions on hash oil edibles that are blended into candies?
Kids do stupid things
Somehow I survived my childhood
I don’t recall reading any warning labels however
This particular craze is being amplified by social media
If one wants to put blame somewhere, start there
Don’t think about your kids people, just sit and wait for the latest rulings from government, and if any thing bad happens just blame the government because you were never told what YOU should do. /sarc (Like, as best you can, keep cleaning supplies out of the access range of little kids.)
But how they are going to open the strong packages if it requires a banned knife {libsters handwringing}
The way to solve this problem is to have the parents of children who eat these pods sue P&G for packaging them to look like candy.
A few of these lawsuits will solve the problem faster than any legislative process.
But are little kids the ones who have been dying because of this? I thought it was mostly older pranksters doing this on a stupid dare?
And if they aren't how are they going to read a warning label.
You can make it foolproof, not idiot proof...
I’m a little slow to this party.
Eating laundry detergent ..why ?
Get a buzz ?
Lets stamp the pods.
Better yet...Tell mom to watch the kids and childproof their house. A simple hook and eye on a door...out of reach....is a good move...and tell the kid why it's there.
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