"Seerialmom" <seerialmom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Although this is a valid concern, I'm wondering how big a factor it is
> whether the packaging is the same for beverages vs cleaning products
> (or poisons). I'm more concerned about labeling that could be
> ambiguous or written in a language that isn't understood.
> Additionally, I have seen in some stores where non-food items are
> merchandised near food aisles.
> Back to the lamp oil death though. "Who" would mistake the taste/
> texture of "lamp oil" for cranberry juice? Seems a bit fishy to me.
I find it hard to imagine that someone could do this as well, but . . .
One of the jobs I had in my late teens and early twenties was delivering
groceries - people would call the store, we'd make up the order, and I'd
drive it out and lug it into the house. One of my customers was the very
old woman - in her seventies or eighties, with a strained, raspy voice.
She
told me that, as a child, she'd eaten lye from a can and as you may
imagine
it ruined her throat. For her entire life, she had to see a doctor every
few weeks to keep her throat open.
When you see how quickly kids spit out stuff like green beans or peas,
it's
hard to believe one would swallow lye, or anyone would swallow lamp oil.
But it happens.
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