CPSC Working to Develop Safety Standard for Laundry Detergent Packets
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is working with industry, child safety advocates, and standard-setting organization ASTM International to develop a “new and effective safety standard” to prevent exposure of children to single-load laundry detergent packets, it said March 17 (here).…
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The agency is also working with “more than 20 countries around the world” to raise awareness of the dangers of detergent packets, which are poisonous but often come in colorful packaging that is attractive to children.