Laundry Pods Post Serious Risk to Children

They’re squishy. They’re brightly colored. They’re convenient for adults. They’re extremely enticing to kids. And they’re extremely poisonous. We’re talking about detergent pods, which children often mistake for candy or toys and have landed more than 700 U.S. children in the hospital in two years, according to a research study. The most serious complications children have suffered are coma and seizures.

Consumer Reports has announced Thursday morning that it no longer recommends liquid laundry detergent pods after hospitals continue to have high-rates of accidental poisonings in young children, because they pose a serious health risk to children younger that six years old.  Kids often mistake the colorful packets for candy resulting in a large amount of accidental poisonings. The chemicals are so concentrated that kids can end-up in danger in seconds.

Children often burst the detergent capsules or put them in their mouths. This can result in poisoning, but also burns to the eyes, mouth, and throat. In the study, 144 kids suffered eye injuries, 30 went into comas, and 12 had seizures.

Since poison of young children from household cleaning products is one of the top reasons for calls to poison control centers, it’s imperative that detergent pods and other chemicals are kept out of reach of little hands. It’s also important to post the number to your poison control center prominently in your home and educate your children that cleansers aren’t candy or toys. The organization is strongly urging households with children younger than six-years-old to stop buying them.

Parents and child caregivers can help children stay safe by following these tips:

• Parents with young children and child caregivers should use traditional laundry detergent, which is much less toxic than laundry detergent pods.
• Store laundry detergent pods up, away, and out of sight – in a locked cabinet is best.
• Close laundry detergent pod packages or containers and put them away immediately after use.
• Save the national Poison Help Line number (1-800-222-1222) in your cell phone and post it near your home phones.

Its that time of year, that people begin to use the kitchens to cook more and use their BBQ’s less. Given this knowledge we at All-Pro Appliance Repair have stocked up our trucks to cater to the many people who may just be turning their stove or oven on for the first time, as they prepare for the influx of extended family visiting.

The Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys, hams, or prime ribs that will no doubt be on the menu need to be perfectly roasted and of course the pumpkin pie and candied yams that are so popular cannot be compromised by an appliance that isn’t functioning as it was intended to.

A good tip to remember at this time of year: We do not recommend self-cleaning your oven prior to a big bake or cook day as this will occasionally cause thermostats to trip or door latches to fail or even worse sometimes electronic controls to fry!   If you have a week or 2 to spare then by all means run the self-clean on your unit. Our best recommendation is to run this function after the family has taken their plates of left overs and have headed back home.

Appliance manufacturers understand that self-cleaning cycles are a problem. Customers demand self-cleaning options. They're so highly desired that it's very difficult to sell an oven without one. And yet  when using the self clean option it's pushing an oven to do something that is fairly extreme and difficult to engineer, and so there are genuine risks of damaging the oven.

Self-cleaning, often with temperatures that go over 1000°, is a particular problem. The elements and the oven just get so hot — much, much hotter than the 350° to 500° range of normal baking — that sometimes fuses pop and control panels burn out. Not to mention the smoke and smells from self cleaning your oven. If the oven does have a problem after self cleaning, those hidden heating elements can make it much more expensive and difficult to fix. The entire oven has to be pulled out from the wall and fixed from behind, which makes it a more expensive service call, involving more time and trouble. The electronic control panel can be at greater risk of failure when subjected to the high temps in the self-cleaning cycle. If you have a self-cleaning oven, we do recommend that you use Easy-Off no bake-no smell oven cleaner for self-cleaning ovens which will be less harsh on the porcelain finish and far less expensive than an oven repair.

Also, when cleaning your range top or cooktop be very careful with the amount of water or cleaning solution you use around the knobs and also around the ignition device. We all know that water conducts electricity, hence when you splash water on a igniter that uses electricity to ignite it’s flame you run the risk of short circuiting the system and this can be very frustrating and scary as it will often cause burners to click excessively or sometimes spark, pop and burn up. It is not usually a fire hazard but using a damp cloth and a light amount of " Bar Keepers Friend " is more than enough to clean the unit and not scratch the smoothtop.

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Tom Cruise: There's nothing like a good old-fashioned fridge sniffing session. Now smelling one after the power has been out a couple/three days, I can understand, but when it's new?

As legend has it, Tom was was spotted while out shopping for a new refrigerator when he was seen taking getting up close and personal with the appliance and just had to know what it smelled like.

According to an eyewitness: “Tom came back in today, but seemed a little distanced. When we asked him if he needed any help, he ignored us and wandered away.”

“A moment later, he started sniffling appliances. It was pretty bizarre, when we asked him what he was doing he replied, “Just shopping…” He ended up buying the Refrigerator, so it’s all good.”

However, further investigation reveals that this photo is, sadly, a fake. We’re as disappointed as you are. I know I would prefer to live in a world in which Tom Cruise sniffs appliances, but alas, it was just a gimmicky marketing ploy by an appliance dealer.

Oh well. Hopefully next week will dredge up something equally ludicrous, like Miley Cyrus using a toaster as a tongue stretcher, or Johnny Depp using a dryer to de-thaw a turkey. We can dream.

Before the modern electric dryer, times were tough for the lint artist. There just weren’t enough belly buttons to go around for an ample supply of that fluffy, cottony goodness. Let’s not even get started on the lengths the cavemen had to travel to find it.

Todays modern life gives us refrigerators that keep our food cold, washing machines that clean dirty clothes, and more dryer lint than we know what to do with. The good news is that people will never run out of ideas on what to do with the things they don’t feel like throwing away. The bad news is, no matter how much it may remind you of the good ol’ days with grandpa at the carnival, you probably shouldn’t sniff that pink lint that’s left behind after drying all those cozy, red flannels.

Here’s a  few things that you can do with your dryer lint if you just don’t have the heart to part with it.

FIRE STARTER -  The first thing to note about dryer lint is that it is flammable. Aside from the fact that your dryer will run more efficently if its lint trap is cleaned before every load, With that said, you can use this lint trick to your advantage. A good way to store it is in an old coffee can – it needs to stay nice and dry for this effect to work (this was among the biggest mistakes of the cavemen). You can bring it along on camping trips or keep some in your car for emergencies. During a zombie apocalypse, it would be smart to escape the freeway on foot ONLY with some type of improvised flaming device to ward off the undead until you find better cover. Tip within a tip: the more you twist it, the slower it will burn .

CLAY -  If you’re a down and out sculptor in the Paseo district or you had a close encounter of the third kind but then ran out of mashed ‘taters, don’t worry! You can always make some homemade lint clay to work on your next masterpiece. All you will need (besides a cool Hipster name) is: 2 Cups of lint (firmly packed) 1/3 Cup warm water 6 tablespoons of white glue 1 Tablespoon of clear dishwashing liquid The rest is really simple: you mix and mush all this stuff together until you get a uniform consistency. I’m sure you’ll make Andy Warhol proud.

ART  - Bizarre as it may seem, people have also been using lint as a direct art medium. By selecting different colors and textures, you can have a full palette of fuzz to work with. These ‘paintings’ are really more like a hybrid of paintings, and sculptures all in one: Leonardo Di Vinci, anyone

PACKING MATERIAL  - This one is for the ecologically-minded conservationist in all of us. Lint is probably the softest dry goods ‘garbage’ that humans produce, so why not put it to good use? If you don’t want the lint to get all over whatever you have packaged, you can put the lint in freezer bags.

You might not think about lint that often, but it’s quite likely that when you do, you think, “ throw it in the trash,” and that could be a real shame. Whether you want to be a better fire starter because you missed that episode on doomsday preppers or you’re just one sculpture away from your Ingrid Bergman the NUN , remember: lint isn’t just laundry dust. It’s magical laundry dust. 

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02/07/2020
Excellent service! They arrived on time, technician was very polite and did an excellent job resolving my freezer problem. I would highly recommend to my friends and family. Angela S. Oklahoma City, OK.

Repaired my KitchenAid refrigerator.
Member Comments: I called ALL PRO APPLIANCE this morning to work on my 9 year old KitchenAid refrigerator.  My freezer items were melting and the milk was not as cold as it should be.  Jim, the ALL PRO APPLIANCE owner, was at my home in 4 hours and fixed the problem.  There was apparently a very, very slow leak, so Jim restarted the cooler by adding freon.  This is the 2nd time this week I've needed appliance repair.  Each time I've called ALL PRO APPLIANCE.  I highly recommend them! Hoping though that I don't need to make another call for the 3rd time this week! - Gail F.- Edmond Ok. Angie's List customer

 SUPER SERVICE! Your technician "Adam" was very efficient and installed the new ice maker in no time. Pleasnant, well groomed - professional. Keep that young man - he's an outstanding rep' for your company. I will definately recommend your services. - Rickee Eddleman Edmond, OK

You guys always do a great job! Not only do we appreciate the quality of your work, but also your honesty. You never suggest a repair that isn't needed and you always give us several options to choose from, so we really appreciate that kind of PROFESSIONALISM  from you. It's a pleasure to do business with you and REFER you. You take such good care of us, we almost look forward to an appliance breaking! - Dr. Burt Edmond, Ok.

 I have a maytag washer that was leaking.  Adam came out and said I needed a part they had to order.  They had to order the part and they called me to tell me it was in. THis company is wonderful!  I teach school and had to take off work to meet them at the house.  When the part came in, they called and asked if they could install it.  I said I was at the doctors office and did not know when I would be done.  Adam said he had two more appointments and would call me when he was finished.  At 5:15, he called me and said he could come by and install it and would be here at 5:40.  He was here exactly at 5:40!  He installed the part, checked and made sure it wasn't leaking, ran a cycle and by 6:15 was done. I so appreciate him working late, so I would not have to take off another day at school.  It was beyond the call of duty and so considerate.  Adam was professional and friendly and even took the time to pet my dogs.  Would definitely recommend the company and Adam. - Vivian A - Oklahoma City - Angie's List Customer

Repaired my LG  Front Loading Washing Machine.

Replaced burner on electric stove and repaired float switch on dishwasher

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Service Call: The service call out fee is $89.99 and includes any and all trips to your location, any and all return visits if necessary, and the time it takes to diagnose the problem. Our policy also includes transparent and flat-rate pricing, only after a thorough diagnosis has been performed, and before you ever pay a penny. We do however waive the service call fee with any repair.

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When Ordering Parts: Although we keep our trucks fully stocked with most common repair parts, it is sometimes necessary to order special parts. If your appliance does require a special order, your parts will be ordered the same day, while shipping usually takes between 3 and 14 working days.  (Your job quote includes standard shipping, however, should you request a rush order, we can arrange it at an additional cost.)

Required Deposits: Especially with special order parts, manufacturer policies require, we cannot stop or cancel an order once it’s been placed. As such, we require a deposit equal to 50% of the repair cost.

Refund Policy: If your repair cannot be completed due to unforeseen changes in parts availability or a changed diagnosis, you are eligible for a full refund of your deposit, minus your service call.  (Please allow up to 10 working days for your refund to process.) 

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