Poisonous Detergent Pods vs. Non-toxic Cleaning

I am so appreciative there are safer choices out there, such as Get Clean Non-toxic laundry liquid! "Warning! Don’t Eat The Poisonous Detergent Pods!" By Judy Molland "Have you seen those new detergent pods? They are small, brightly colored, and children have been eating them because  of their bite-size shape, and candy-like colors. Very appealing to kids. As a result, childhood poisonings from these new detergent packets have  soared in recent weeks, with the total climbing to more than 1,200 this week  from about 200 in late May. The detergent packets were introduced by various companies over the winter as  a convenience that can be easily dropped into a washing machine. This is  puzzling to me. Do you find it especially difficult to pour liquid in a cup, and  then into your washing machine? The New York Times reports that health authorities have been  concerned since late March, when poison control centers around the country noted  a small number of reports from parents whose children had opened and swallowed  the brightly colored laundry detergent products. Poison control centers first starting putting out  alerts about two to three months ago, not long after the products were  introduced in the United States. By late May, the number of reported cases had  reached 200 to 250 nationwide, prompting widespread news media attention and an  announcement from Tide, which makes one of the most popular forms of the  products, that the company would change its packaging to make the packets more  difficult for children to tamper with. Still, poison control centers say they continue  to see more and more cases. This week, the California Poison Control System  announced that at least nine small children in that state were taken to  emergency rooms between Saturday and Tuesday after exposure to the packets,  bringing the state’s total number of cases to at least 91. Six of the latest  cases in California involved Tide Pods. Two were linked to Purex Ultra Packs,  and one involved All Mighty Paks. So far this year, there have been at least 1,210 cases reported to poison control centers in  the U.S. Thankfully, no child has died, but at least 11 children have been  placed on ventilators, and 10 have been intubated. And the solution? WE think it might be time to turn to laundry & cleaning products that aren't poisonous at all! Our family has been using non-toxic, plant-based, concentrated, & biodegradable cleaners for almost 50 years so we may be a little biased here indeed, but we've had more than 1 grandchild, and more than 1 pet, ingest a Shaklee cleaning product over the years. And you know what? We've never had to call 911 or worry at all. And our laundry is just as clean as can be too! Our Shaklee journey started with 1 little Shaklee "Basic H" bottle, is it time for your story? by ewingorganization