Detergent dangers.

From: Pediatrics for Parents | Date: January 1, 1990 | Copyright information

It continues to amaze me what children win cat. The latest danger to be brought to our attention is laundry detergents. With the movement towards environmentally safer detergents, phosphates have been removed from detergents and replaced in many brands with sodium carbonate. This makes the detergent highly alkaline, and very dangerous if inhaled or ingested. The experience of the Children's Hospital National Medical Center in Washington, DC, is probably typical of others. In eight y...

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