Liquid laundry pods are no longer recommended for use due to health risks they might cause in children, said the consumer reports on Thursday.

Laundry pods are available in the market since 2012 and are considered more convenient for use in laundry. Consumer reports had mentioned that about 6,046 cases of children aged 5 and below that inhaled or ingested the pod or spilled the content into their eyes or skin were recorded in the first half of 2015, according to American Association of Poison Control Centers data, reported Fox News.

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If the same pace continues the total number of cases might out-beat 11,714 cases reported in 2014, noted the Consumer reports pointing to two related deaths since 2013. It is to be noted that the pods were shown to hazardous by many researches in the past with a report in 2014 noting that 700 children in the US were seriously affected by the pods in two years, according to Philly.

Dr. Gary Smith, co-author of the study and director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, said that some compound present in the pods makes them hazardous to health. He also added that the pods are highly toxic in nature and therefore remain as a serious threat to young children.

Smith also noted, "Parents need to make an informed decision if they bring these products into their homes. We're recommending that they not use these pods if they have young children in the home." He added, "Young children "are curious, and they have no concept of danger. They explore their environment by putting things in their mouth, and they see something that's colorful and can easily mistake it for candy or juice," reported Philly.

Around September 2012 the pod manufacturers were alerted by Consumer Reports to make the pods safe for use. Manufacturers responded to the groups caution by making the outer cover opaque from clear and also by adding child-resistant latches. In spite of such precautions the pods remained a threat to children in one way or another, reported ConsumerReports.org.

Smith finally said, "It's a relatively new phenomenon. We've seen children coming into our hospital emergency department with really severe consequences of ingesting contents from these detergent pods." 

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