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Do you think that Procter & Gamble is wrong to make a poisonous product that they deliberately design to look like candy?

Asked by Dutchess_III (46807points) January 22nd, 2018

This question came to me because of a conversation on Facebook about the Tide Pod business. Apparently college kids (why is it always college kids?) are responding to an idiotic challenge to bite into Tide Pods and they’re being rushed to the hospital.
I, personally, say “Too bad you fool,” to those adult children.
But what about the toddlers who have parents who don’t have the brains to either keep the stuff out of the house, or at least keep them safely out of reach? But even for the most vigilant parent accidents can happen. What if they go to a friend’s house, not realizing the friend uses them and doesn’t keep them safely stashed?
Bottom line, do you think Procter & Gamble is wrong to make a poisonous product as appealing as candy? Do they share some of the responsibility for toddlers getting hurt?

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