This political candidate needs to be clean.
Three people in Taiwan have been hospitalized after eating dobi fruit distributed as free gifts during the country’s presidential campaign.
The three, who have not been publicly named, allegedly mistook the colorful liquid laundry detergent for candy, the Associated Press reported.
One of the cheated eaters was an 80-year-old man, while the other was identified as an 86-year-old woman.
All three victims have had their stomachs cleaned by doctors and are expected to make a full recovery.
Most laundry pods contain ethanol, polymers and hydrogen peroxide, which are highly toxic.
According to news reports, 460,000 pods were distributed by the Nationalist Party office on behalf of presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih.
Hung Jung-chang, head of the Nationalist Party office in central Taiwan, apologized for the incident.
“In the next wave of door-to-door visits, we will not distribute campaign materials like this,” said Hung. “We will also emphasize to our villagers through our grassroots organization that they are laundry balls, not candy.”
According to news reports, 460,000 pods were distributed by the Nationalist Party office on behalf of presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih. AP Most laundry pods contain ethanol, polymers and hydrogen peroxide, which are highly toxic. AP
Back in 2018, Fox News reported that laundry pods were blamed for at least 10 deaths: two of young children and eight of seniors with dementia.
That same year, the media sounded the alarm about the “Tide Pod Challenge,” which took social media by storm. Hordes of teenagers posted videos of themselves chewing and choking on the fruit, produced by the detergent brand Tide.
Various other similar brands were also used by the teenager, who took part in the challenge before anyone else dared to do so.
“In the next wave of door-to-door visits, we will not distribute campaign materials like this,” said Hung. “We will also emphasize to our villagers through our grassroots organization that they are laundry balls, not candy.” AP
The panic prompted politicians to propose legislation that would prevent detergent companies from making their Tide pods look appetizing.
New York State Senator Brad Hoylman and Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas proposed a bill that would require companies to ensure their detergents are “a uniform color that is not attractive to children” and are packaged in opaque packaging that “is not easily absorbed by children’s bites.”
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