From a link article:

New York lawmakers say:
"We’re asking for all laundry detergent pods to be uniform in color. We don’t need them to look like Gummy Bears in order for consumers to use them," Hoylman said.

"We need to impose clear warning labels on all packaging, including each pod."

P&G, parent company of Tide, says:
The Cincinnati-based company said it already makes the packages child resistant and found from a review of data from the poison control center that "color does not play a critical role in a child's accidental exposure to laundry pacs."

As for individual wrapping, the company said it believes doing so would "not be helpful in reducing incidents and may have unintended consequences," such as accidental ingestion and the environmental impact of adding plastic wrapping.

"However, even the most stringent standards and protocols, labels and warnings can't prevent intentional abuse fueled by poor judgment and the desire for popularity."

Is it babies accidentally getting into the laundry detergent and thinking it's candy that prompted this new law? Nah. It's teenagers, voluntarily eating laundry detergent and posting videos of it online.

How ever can we prevent sweet, innocent teenagers from falling victim to this tragic trend? Instead of a new law and a product redesign, here's an idea: Teach your dumb kids NOT to eat poison.

seriously how can people really eat this?!!! i cant even eat normal "food" which tastes bad... but here people are actually eating a detergent??!

^Yes, teenage morons are eating detergent and posting videos of it online.

Your comment sounds like you think it's obvious that eating detergent is bad, but the option you chose supports a law that would require companies to make their detergent look less like food. Is that what you meant to pick?

oh sorry changed it :P

buts its kind of better to change it... it kind of looks edible enough for babies or small kids!

The packages are already child-resistant. The container has warnings not to eat it or get it in your eyes, and advises the buyer to keep it away from children. It's not babies and kids eating it that spawned this bill - it's teenagers who should already know better.

No, people should just be less stupid.

Lol memes

It might be different if it were young children ingesting and dying from eating lolly-looking detergent pods. But as DarkSarcasm said, it's teenagers looking for notoriety. Don't think a change in appearance will put them off.

^

People should learn not to put chemicals in their mouths! It's like that 'emo' challenge all over again. Another generation, another creative and dangerous viral challenge.

I just think it's a shame that so many young people are such attention whores that this is even a thing.

It`s not company`s fault if someone is so freaking dumb to put a laundry detergent into their mouth. I`m very sure that colors and overall design won`t prevent stupid from being stupid. Natural selection at it`s finest.
And about smaller kids - if they are so young to not know what a laundry detergent is, their parents should make sure that they can not ever get one.

Can people just not be f*cking idiots?

I love how it took teenagers eating laundry detergent to get us all to agree on something. XD

Why single Tide pods out? Soap, shampoo, dish soap, playdough, slime, and other stuff looks edible that isn't.

But the teens know it's not supposed to be eaten obviously. The just don't care. That was pretty clear.

Teens are stupid, natural selection is at play here.

No, they should use basic common sense.

You can't fix stupid. *shrug*
Let's not say teens are stupid when only a very select few of us tried it. The previous generation had their fallacies too.

No. It’s not the company’s fault if people are that stupid.