Doctors are calling for improved safety warnings and childproof packaging for laundry and dishwasher detergent liquitabs, following a cluster of incidents in which toddlers have inadvertently ...

Senior eye doctors are warning people to keep liquid capsules for fabric detergents out of the reach of children after a wave of eye injuries in young children at their hospital. In this week's ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- They are the size of marshmallows and the colors of peppermint twists. And because some small children think they might be treats, laundry detergent gel packs -- which recently hit ...

A string of incidents in which babies have inadvertently swallowed dishwasher detergent capsules have prompted doctors to call for improved safety warnings and childproof packaging for laundry and ...

Liquid laundry capsules that look like sweets are responsible for poisoning a child every hour, according to a new report. The detergent pods, which are full of concentrated chemicals, have become ...

In 2004, Procter & Gamble was looking for a hit. It had been two decades since the consumer products conglomerate introduced Tide liquid detergent, revolutionizing the way people washed their clothes.

A recent case where a young child ended up injured after mistaking brightly coloured liquid detergent capsules or sweets has highlighted the need for safety precautions. They burst easily when they ...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said poison call centres received more than 85 calls in the past 18 months about kids' exposure to the laundry capsules. "Children who have ...

Liquid detergent capsules will get a new bitter flavour as part of an effort to stop children eating the dangerous chemicals inside. More than 900 children that have had incidents involving the ...

Parents are being warned to keep washing detergent capsules away from children after an increase in chemical injuries at a London eye hospital. Thirteen children treated for this type of injury who ...

Doctors are calling for improved safety warnings and childproof packaging for laundry and dishwasher detergent liquitabs, following a cluster of incidents in which toddlers have inadvertently ...