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" Warnings about safely storing laundry detergent packets remind us of a broken record these days \u2014 countless news reports have encouraged consumers to keep the convenient pods (which can look a lot like candy, and contain a concentrated detergent that can be dangerous if ingested), far out of kids&amp;#039; reach. But, apparently, the many warnings haven&amp;#039;t done enough. According to a new survey results released by the American Cleaning Institute, most people aren&amp;#039;t being careful enough with their laundry pods. The research (which polled 1,000 people) found that 61% of parents store the packets where kids can see or reach them. In fact, about 3 million households with children under age 4 store them right on top of the dishwasher, a big no-no. And perhaps most alarmingly, more than 80% of parents think their kids can&amp;#039;t reach the packets, when they actually can. It&amp;#039;s a lesson parents learn over and over \u2014 don&amp;#039;t underestimate your kids. Calls to American Poison Control Centers in regards to kids and laundry packet exposures have risen each year since 2012 \u2014 already in 2015, 8,318 calls have been made. According to the Wall Street Journal, approximately one child a day in the U.S. is hospitalized after accidentally bursting (and perhaps ingesting) detergent packets. In response to news like this, manufacturers recently introduced a stricter set of voluntary guidelines for producing the packets. New standards encourage safety precautions like a bitter-tasting coating for the pods and opaque packaging. Our experts in the Good Housekeeping Institute like the convenience of laundry packets \u2014 but stress that consumers should store them smartly. This means they should be way out of reach of kids (locking them up is even a good idea) and in their original packaging. Take a look at ACI&amp;#039;s infographic to make sure you&amp;#039;re not making any dangerous storage mistakes in your laundry room:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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