Laundry pods, a formulation of highly concentrated laundry detergent, are sold widely across the U.S. After laundry pods were introduced in 2012, poison centers around the county experienced an increase in calls about children ingesting part or all of a laundry pod. Some of these children have become very ill.
Here's what you need to know about the potential health hazards of this substance:
Read about laundrey pod poisoning in children in an IPC blog post.