[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 18, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H1733]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                DETERGENT POISONING AND CHILD SAFETY ACT

  (Ms. SPEIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, this looks like it could be candy for kids, 
but it is not. These are detergent packs that we use in our dishwasher 
or in our washing machines.
  Last year, the National Poison Data System received 17,230 calls 
involving children who are exposed to chemicals in these packs. They 
bite into them, or they squirt them into their eyes. These are 
concentrated packs, and so they do much more damage--in fact, even 
burning the esophagus. 769 of these children had to go to the hospital, 
and one child died.
  I am introducing, along with Senator Dick Durbin, the Detergent 
Poisoning and Child Safety Act to require that companies that produce 
these detergent packs provide more child-resistant packaging.
  This is a consumer issue that should be addressed, and I urge my 
colleagues to join with me.

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