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Thanks to awareness, and some manufacturer safety measures put into place, fewer children appear to be ingesting laundry detergent pods, according to a recent study.

New study finds liquid laundry detergent packet exposure burden among young children remains; increase in exposures among older children, teens, and adults

US study: Due to poisoning, liquid laundry detergent pods should not be used by families with preschool kids, those with developmental disabilities or dementia.

A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital a

A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and the Central Ohio Poison Center investigated trends in calls to poison centers across the country for exposures to liquid laundry detergent packets.

“The study’s findings tell us that children, especially infants, are collateral damage in the current opioid crisis.”

Children who died from fatal poisoning were often at home and in the presence of an adult.

The new study builds on work that has shown a steady increase in the number of children killed by opioids, alongside rising deaths in adults.

He added that health care providers should remember that pediatric opioid poisonings happen and can be very dangerous and potentially fatal.

He added that health care providers should remember that pediatric opioid poisonings happen and can be very dangerous and potentially fatal.