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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati...312766002/

Quote:New York lawmakers want to require companies behind detergent packets like Tide Pods to individually wrap each packet and change the colorful designs so they appeal less to children.

The bill comes amid growing concerns that children and teenagers are eating the packets, sometimes posting the videos online in what's called the Tide Pod Challenge.

Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas and Sen. Brad Hoylman, both New York City Democrats, wrote a letter Monday to Procter & Gamble, which owns the Tide brand, urging them to take their own steps to make the products safer.

The legislation is a sensible measure to address the products' dangers, they said.

"We want to make sure these poisonings are prevented. It’s easy. All we have to make sure is that public safety trumps their profits," Simontas said at a news conference Tuesday at the Capitol.

The bill would also add detergent packets to other hazardous household products by requiring child-resistant packaging and clear labels.

Quote:Procter & Gamble responded in a statement, "There is nothing new in these legislative proposals."

The Cincinnati-based company said it already makes the packages child resistant and found from a review of data from the poison control center that "color does not play a critical role in a child's accidental exposure to laundry pacs."

As for individual wrapping, the company said it believes doing so would "not be helpful in reducing incidents and may have unintended consequences," such as accidental ingestion and the environmental impact of adding plastic wrapping.

"Finally, consumers have a choice: Those who prefer single colored pac can use Tide Free and Gentle, which is all-white. Tide is also available in a liquid and powder product form," the company's statement continued.

Quote:"Ensuring the safety of the people who use our products is fundamental to everything we do at P&G," David Taylor, the company's CEO, said in a blog post last month.

"However, even the most stringent standards and protocols, labels and warnings can't prevent intentional abuse fueled by poor judgment and the desire for popularity."

So NY lawmakers want to force a company to change it's manufacturing process and add costs to a product all because teens and young adults were intentionally misusing their products in an attempt to gain social media fame?

Nanny state to the rescue!

(02-07-2018 12:46 PM)Kaplony Wrote: [ -> ]https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati...312766002/

Quote:New York lawmakers want to require companies behind detergent packets like Tide Pods to individually wrap each packet and change the colorful designs so they appeal less to children.

The bill comes amid growing concerns that children and teenagers are eating the packets, sometimes posting the videos online in what's called the Tide Pod Challenge.

Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas and Sen. Brad Hoylman, both New York City Democrats, wrote a letter Monday to Procter & Gamble, which owns the Tide brand, urging them to take their own steps to make the products safer.

The legislation is a sensible measure to address the products' dangers, they said.

"We want to make sure these poisonings are prevented. It’s easy. All we have to make sure is that public safety trumps their profits," Simontas said at a news conference Tuesday at the Capitol.

The bill would also add detergent packets to other hazardous household products by requiring child-resistant packaging and clear labels.

Quote:Procter & Gamble responded in a statement, "There is nothing new in these legislative proposals."

The Cincinnati-based company said it already makes the packages child resistant and found from a review of data from the poison control center that "color does not play a critical role in a child's accidental exposure to laundry pacs."

As for individual wrapping, the company said it believes doing so would "not be helpful in reducing incidents and may have unintended consequences," such as accidental ingestion and the environmental impact of adding plastic wrapping.

"Finally, consumers have a choice: Those who prefer single colored pac can use Tide Free and Gentle, which is all-white. Tide is also available in a liquid and powder product form," the company's statement continued.

Quote:"Ensuring the safety of the people who use our products is fundamental to everything we do at P&G," David Taylor, the company's CEO, said in a blog post last month.

"However, even the most stringent standards and protocols, labels and warnings can't prevent intentional abuse fueled by poor judgment and the desire for popularity."

So NY lawmakers want to force a company to change it's manufacturing process and add costs to a product all because teens and young adults were intentionally misusing their products in an attempt to gain social media fame?

Nanny state to the rescue!

Yep. They can't turn around NY's shrinking manufacturing base, so they'll use their time and energy to make sure they protect us from ourselves. Like they can stop the latest "Hey y'all, watch this" from happening!!

Pull our the Mr. Yuck stickers and place them on the detergent boxes. Fvcking morons...

Resident alt-leftists live that #PodLife

(02-07-2018 01:18 PM)Kronke Wrote: [ -> ]Resident alt-leftists live that #PodLife

You can't legislate morality and you can't fix stupid.

Thanks for the laugh. Yankees are idiots.

I think that Darwin should play his part. Anyone who eats more than one of these things ought to die.

(02-07-2018 03:16 PM)oliveandblue Wrote: [ -> ]I think that Darwin should play his part. Anyone who eats more than one of these things ought to die.

I agree 100%. This is just as stupid as kid's medicines being pulled off the shelf because parents were too stupid to give their kids the correct dosage, etc.

Just form the pods in the form of a vag.ina, and most of these dipshits will suddenly not only stop eating them, they wont touch them at all.

Come to think of it. Bring back those candy cigarettes. Those things were good!

(02-08-2018 09:25 AM)VA49er Wrote: [ -> ]Come to think of it. Bring back those candy cigarettes. Those things were good!

You can still buy this stuff.

Why won't you think of the children? More laws = safety, security, and freedom.

(02-08-2018 09:33 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote: [ -> ]Why won't you think of the children? More laws = safety, security, and freedom.

Good point.

MUH CHILDREN!!!

(02-08-2018 09:25 AM)VA49er Wrote: [ -> ]Come to think of it. Bring back those candy cigarettes. Those things were good!

that's too funny....I thought of that one too.....as a tyke, that was a pure sugar rush (which I easily didn't need) wanting to emulate both of my parents that smoked.....

ironically, when they banned them was around the time I told my parents I was smoking.....

they both immediately quit cold turkey.......neither have picked one up to this day.....both still alive....

ah, the irony and memories of cause/effect.....

sidebar: my dad's sister died at 54 of lung cancer 35 yrs. ago....4 packs of Kools/day

We have a two year old. He can't reach any of the pods we have. Cause ya know we're responsible.

These will be banned soon.

#PodLife

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