Why People Keep Eating Tide Pods
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Recently, you may have noticed a lot of memes on the Internet joking about eating Tide Laundry Pods. It was just a bit of absurdist fun until videos and stories started popping up of people actually eating them and experiencing some pretty horrible side effects. \n\nHosted by: Stefan Chin\n----------\nSupport SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow\n----------\nDooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Kelly Landrum Jones, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Knupp, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطا الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Bella Nash, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick Merrithew, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz\n----------\nLooking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?\nFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow\nTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow\nTumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com\nInstagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow\n----------\nSources:\nhttps://www.vox.com/2018/1/4/16841674/tide-pods-eating-meme-tide-pod-challenge\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/20/us/tide-pod-challenge.html\nhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/01/13/teens-are-daring-each-other-to-eat-tide-pods-we-dont-need-to-tell-you-thats-a-bad-idea/?utm_term=.25a5c5928793\nhttp://money.cnn.com/2018/01/18/technology/tide-pod-challenge-video-youtube-facebook/index.html\nhttp://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0100368\nhttps://tide.com/en-us/shop/type/laundry-pods/tide-pods-laundry-detergent\nhttp://jrconsumers.com/Consumer_Articles/issue_28/Issue28-ConsumerArticle-Marcell13-37.pdf\nhttps://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2014/10/01/why_do_people_drink_shampoo_108877.html\nhttp://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2016/04/21/peds.2015-4529\nhttps://www.consumerreports.org/health/what-eating-a-laundry-pod-can-do-to-you/\nhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4675534/\nhttp://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0159245\nhttps://books.google.com/books?id=_l9FcKu8FFMC&pg=PT105\nhttp://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2014/11/05/peds.2014-0057\nhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24819668\nhttps://www.britannica.com/science/surfactant\nhttps://www.pg.com/productsafety/ingredients/Tide_Pods-All_Scented_Variants.pdf\nhttps://www.fastcodesign.com/3024766/an-evolutionary-theory-for-why-you-love-glossy-things\nhttp://www.aapcc.org/press/84/\nhttps://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6141a1.htm\nhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28150391\nhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929315001292\nhttp://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)30978-2\nhttp://www.pnas.org/content/109/42/17135 \nhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-secret-to-online-success-what-makes-content-go-viral/\nhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11761305\nhttp://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/kids-want-fame-more-than-anything-222803\nhttp://www.cdmc.ucla.edu/Welcome_files/The%20value%20of%20fame-1.pdf\nhttps://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/4322/3372\nhttp://jonahberger.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ViralityB.pdf\nhttp://www.pnas.org/content/109/42/17135.full\nhttp://healthland.time.com/2012/10/02/why-the-teen-brain-is-drawn-to-risk/
