Press Release

Los paquetes de detergente líquido ganan popularidad y ya se utilizan en el 20 por ciento de los hogares estadounidenses, por lo que los padres deben estar conscientes de esta área de riesgo emergente para los niños. Entre 2012 y 2013, más de 700 niños menores de 5 años experimentaron consecuencias graves al exponerse al contenido de los paquetes de detergente líquido, con un impacto mucho mayor entre los pequeños de 1 y 2 años de edad. De hecho, los centros de intoxicaciones recibieron más de 33,000 llamadas desde el 2012 hasta mayo del 2015.

With liquid laundry packets gaining in popularity, now used by 20 percent of U.S. households, parents need to be aware of this emerging risk for children. Between 2012 and 2013, more than 700 children 5 and under experienced serious effects as a result of liquid laundry packets, with the impact greatest among 1 and 2 year olds. In fact, the poison centers received more than 33,000 calls from 2012 through May 2015.

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