MIRROR
There are several items in your home that you have to make sure you keep away from little hands. However there are some items that you may never have typically thought could have such serious effects if exposed to children – and parents are warned to keep this item out of sight.
An ex-paramedic has urged parents to keep dishwasher tablets and powder away from children at all times, as if they are ever ingested – could have fatal consequences. He shared how “extremely dangerous” they can be in the wrong hands, as they “burn the insides” due to the chemicals the tablets and powder contain.
The ex-paramedic and founder of the highly popular first aid education site Safer Little Steps, Ross Smith, shared how the dishwasher tablets contain a caustic-type substance that “foams up when a child bites into them or chews them” and urges parents to take care when storing them. “That foam can burn their mouth, burn their airway, [and] burn the tube that goes into their tummy,” Ross stressed in a TikTok video for the Safer Little Steps page
