• An image of a Tide Pod (which is blue, green and white) and an Arm and Hammer detergent pod, which is only white and is less visually appealing
    Credit Cards,  Debt,  Financial Regulation

    How the lessons of Tide Pods could clean up the credit card industry

    While popular, Tide Pods are staggeringly dangerous for young children and people with disabilities. Proctor and Gamble launched the Tide Pods in 2012.  In 2011, 2,862 children were hospitalized because of laundry-detergent related injuries. In 2013, that number was triple: 9,004 children were driven to hospitals by laundry detergent.   The problem isn’t that Tide Pods are uniquely toxic, or contain chemicals never used before. The problem is that they’re cute. They’re colorful. And they’re small. It’s the good things about Tide Pods that we have to change to make them safer.   What Tide Pods teach us about consumer product safety is that it’s not always the “bad parts” of…