Eating dirt is called pica. It’s a mental health condition. But eating \u00a0a laundry pod is\u00a0not called anything but stupid! You heard me, the new thing? Try biting\u00a0into one of those blue and red \u00a0laundry pods for fun! I’m not understanding it, but apparently around 100,000 teens thought it was funny before the\u00a0video craziness was removed.<\/p>\n
We’ve seen a lot of trends come and go, but this one is dangerous.\u00a0Teens\u00a0are challenging each other to eat a pod. It’s become a thing on social media and has gone viral. Yes, teens\u00a0are recording themselves chomping into a laundry pod…ahhh for fun? Not sure what the fun factor is here!<\/p>\n
We’ve heard news reports of toddlers getting ahold of \u00a0laundry pods, eating them because they thought they were candy. But teens aren’t making that mistake. This is purposeful.<\/p>\n
Actually, this is not a completely new trend. \u00a0In\u00a02015, the parody\u00a0website, The Onion, reportedly did a spoof\u00a0on\u00a0eating the pods. Last year, CollegeHumor produced a video of students eating pods and 3 million hits later, people thought it was funny. A trend was born.<\/p>\n
Here is what is not so funny. Those laundry pods are full of toxic stuff that can make you sick. Eating a pod can cause\u00a0vomiting, diarrhea and breathing difficulties. This is a poisonous substance and not to be eaten!<\/p>\n
What cleans your clothes can do damage to your body! In fact, 8 deaths have been reported from pod eating since 2012\u00a0through 2017. And the\u00a0American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) report more calls due to this trend\u00a0since the beginning of this new year.<\/p>\n
If you think you or a friend have been poisoned, call\u00a0the national poison help hotline at 1-800-222-1222 or text POISON to 797979.<\/p>\n
And it is this simple. Don’t eat the pods and find another way to amuse yourself. I know teens like to do crazy things and take risks, but let’s try to find something that isn’t going to lead to\u00a0the emergency department of your local hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eating dirt is called pica. It’s a mental health condition. But eating \u00a0a laundry pod is\u00a0not called anything but stupid! You heard me, the new thing? Try biting\u00a0into one of those blue and red \u00a0laundry pods for fun! I’m not understanding it, but apparently around 100,000 teens thought it was funny before the\u00a0video craziness was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[4150,4149,4148,4151],"class_list":["post-9895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-ingesting-poison","tag-pods","tag-tide-laundry-pods","tag-trends-and-fads"],"yoast_head":"\n