Consumer Reports says liquid laundry detergent packets pose risk for people with dementia
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 6:17 pm
Yahoo - ABC News - 6/16/2017 - The nonprofit organization Consumer Reports stated the popular liquid laundry detergent packets, sometimes referred to as "pods," may pose a "lethal risk" for adults with dementia, who may mistake the highly concentrated detergent packets for food. The group obtained statistics from the Consumer Product Safety Commission after filing a Freedom of Information Act. The data showed that there have been eight deaths related to ingesting the liquid laundry detergent packets in the U.S. between 2012 and early 2017. Of those deaths, six were adults with dementia and two were young children. Read more @ http://abcnews.go.com/Health/consumer-r ... d=48072462