Laundry Packet Injuries Continue To Surge In Children (VIDEO)

Nationwide Children's Hospital

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A new study shows that between 2013-2014, more than 22,000 calls were made to poison control centers after children were exposed to laundry detergent packets, a 17 percent increase in that two year span.

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