When you do laundry or wash the dishes, what happens to everything that goes down the drain? This is a great question to be asking on World Environmental Health Day because we want to make sure what we do doesn’t negatively impact the world around us. It’s also something that...
Home Safety Tips from Physician Assistants
It’s #PoisonPreventionWeek and a good time to take another look at the important issue of home safety. Health care professionals know how fast accidents can happen in the home, especially with little kids. That’s why we’ve teamed up with the PA Foundation to help spread the word about home safety....
Keeping Kids and Their Best Friends Safe at Home
Sometimes as adults, we forget that little ones running around our homes – our kids and our pets – see things at a different eye-level. The American Cleaning Institute wants to quickly remind you of some danger zones, so that you can keep your cutie pies clean and happy at...
Think Safety During Poison Prevention Week
If you’re spring cleaning like 75% of your neighbors, it’s a good time to keep an eye out for safety. In recognition of Poison Prevention Week, be sure look for things that should not be within reach of children and adults with Alzheimer’s or dementia. including cleaning products and other...
Talk to Your Teens
As part of a recent online challenge, teens were putting laundry packets in their mouths. This self-harming behavior may have seemed funny to some, but it can be quite unsafe. Liquid laundry detergent packets are highly concentrated and can be harmful to eyes, skin or when ingested. Symptoms related to...
Through Their Eyes: Hidden home dangers
Young children explore their surroundings by touch and taste, and accidents can happen in an instant. It’s important to always store potentially dangerous products up and away from kids. Have you crawled around at your little one’s level to spot all the potential hazards? Common household items can pose a...
Enter to Win a $2,500 Gift Card Simply by Taking the KEY Pledge
You’ve got until the end of the year to enter ACI’s KEY Pledge Laundry Safety sweepstakes. Simply take the online pledge to keep your laundry room safe, and you’re entered! How can you be the key? Keep liquid laundry packets out of the reach of kids and tell others about...
How to Store Liquid Laundry Packets
Liquid laundry packets are convenient and easy to use. But look at them through the eyes of a small child: they’re bright, squishy and, let’s face it, kind of cool. Unfortunately, they’re also dangerous for small children who may be tempted to put them in their mouths. Liquid laundry packets...
How Much Do You Know About Proper Laundry Packet Storage?
We know we talk a lot about cleaning product safety, especially liquid laundry packets. But it’s such an important topic that we’ve written yet another post about it. Proper storage of liquid laundry packets is essential for preventing accidents stemming from children putting them in their mouths or getting detergent...