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Florida baby dies after ingesting detergent pod
TORONTO SUN ^ | AUGUST 16, 2013 | QMI AGENCY

Posted on 08/16/2013 8:35:33 PM PDT by rickmichaels

A Florida infant has reportedly died after eating a laundry detergent pod — something authorities have been warning about ever since the brightly coloured little packets hit the market.

The boy, identified by local media as Michael Williams, was at a central Florida battered women's shelter with his mother, who reported she'd left the pods, which are given to residents by the shelter, inside a laundry basket on the bed where her son was sleeping.

She stepped away, and when she returned, the baby had eaten one packet and was starting on a second one, police spokeswoman Stacie Miller told the Orlando Sentinel.

The boy was coughing but alert and breathing when paramedics arrived. He was taken to hospital, where his condition worsened and he died.

Health Canada issued a warning last July about the dangers of detergent pods after several reports of children becoming ill from ingesting the candy-like packages.

Ingesting the packs can cause vomiting, a burning sensation in the mouth, difficulty breathing and drowsiness.

This may be the first case in North America of a death linked to the pods.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: detergentpod; detergentpods; laundrypod
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1 posted on 08/16/2013 8:35:33 PM PDT by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels

How about keeping them in the top-load washer where the toddlers can’t reach them


2 posted on 08/16/2013 8:37:40 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: rickmichaels

The stupid shelter killed him


3 posted on 08/16/2013 8:38:10 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: rickmichaels

Horrible. I don’t even like touching the toxic things with my bare hands.


4 posted on 08/16/2013 8:38:26 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely expressed as advice)
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To: rickmichaels

The detergent pod is at fault rather than the in attentive mother?

It figures.


5 posted on 08/16/2013 8:40:08 PM PDT by KittenClaws ( You may have to fight a battle more than once in order to win it." - Margaret Thatcher)
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To: Veto!

Sad... poor thing... poor mama too... i am surprised the shelter didn’t ensure the detergent would be out of reach... when we adopted our boys through the county foster system, we had to follow very strict rules about such things...


6 posted on 08/16/2013 8:44:19 PM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: rickmichaels
I call BS on this. The “Green” asshats can't stand the fact the something has bypassed their authority and they must vilify anything that does not bow to their beliefs and assertions, specifically anything that could possibly pour more phosphates into our environment or something that would allow our dishwashers to actually competently clean a load of dirty dishes since they began their crusade against phosphates in dishwasher detergent.
7 posted on 08/16/2013 8:47:52 PM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: KittenClaws

I wouldn’t be in such a haste to judge the mother, in this instance. If she were in a house or apartment, she could have put the pod out of reach, or she could have had the baby in a separate room. It’s very difficult to control everything in an environment like a shelter.


8 posted on 08/16/2013 8:47:57 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: rickmichaels
A Florida infant has reportedly died after eating a laundry detergent pod his stupid mother left them on his bed and went to watch Beyonce videos — something authorities have been warning about ever since the brightly coloured little packets hit the market stupid people have been doing since the beginning of time.
9 posted on 08/16/2013 8:50:23 PM PDT by montag813 (NO AMNESTY * ENFORCE THE LAW * http://StandWithArizona.com)
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

She was in a shelter? And her baby was left out of her sight?

I am most certainly wrong in thinking the safety of her child was out of her control. Shelters are such family friendly places.


10 posted on 08/16/2013 8:51:47 PM PDT by KittenClaws ( You may have to fight a battle more than once in order to win it." - Margaret Thatcher)
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

I should qualify my statement.

I have been a battered wife.

Some things you go beyond yourself to protect.


11 posted on 08/16/2013 8:53:54 PM PDT by KittenClaws ( You may have to fight a battle more than once in order to win it." - Margaret Thatcher)
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“This may be the first case in North America of a death linked to the pods.”

So other deaths linked to pods have already taken place elsewhere?

I feel awful for the baby. Rest in peace, dear child.


12 posted on 08/16/2013 8:58:24 PM PDT by Vision Thing
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To: rickmichaels

The important question though... was the detergent free of phosphates?

We need to protect the planet, you know.


13 posted on 08/16/2013 8:58:41 PM PDT by Rodamala
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Ping... read the comments...


14 posted on 08/16/2013 9:01:22 PM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: Vision Thing
So other deaths linked to pods have already taken place elsewhere?

FWIW, logically you cannot draw that conclusion. Their statement is also true if they have no idea whatsoever about deaths in places other than North America.

15 posted on 08/16/2013 9:15:55 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: rickmichaels

On a similar thread a couple of months ago, somebody posted a picture of Willy Wonka displaying one of these “pods” in his hand. (I’ve been rummaging around and can’t find it.) They really do look like swirly peppermints or some kind of candy.


16 posted on 08/16/2013 9:21:30 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: KittenClaws

Chuck Shumer is on record of saying these products are bad because they are so colorful and look like candy and he just wants to eat one. When I saw the post I thought of him and how he will now go on TV and tell us all about the evils of these pods and how they will have to be baby proofed and all.


17 posted on 08/16/2013 9:22:16 PM PDT by funfan
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To: rickmichaels

Sue and close down the shelter.


18 posted on 08/16/2013 9:23:35 PM PDT by sagar
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Has this event been verified? Something just does not add up.
Can a seven-month old baby open one of these detergent packets on its own? How? With what? Their hands? Their teeth? To me, it all seems implausible.

Just my two pesos.


19 posted on 08/16/2013 9:32:45 PM PDT by huckfillary (qual tyo ta)
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To: rickmichaels
how hungry does the kid have to be, to eat something that not only burns your mouth and tastes like crap, BUT EATS A SECOND ONE!!!

something smells here...

20 posted on 08/16/2013 9:33:31 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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