'Tide Pod Challenge' takes serious turn for college student

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Sunday, January 21, 2018
'Tide Pod Challenge' takes serious turn for college student
'Tide Pod Challenge' takes serious turn for college studentSandra Bookman has more on how the 'Tide Pod Challenge' went seriously wrong for one college student.

LOGAN, Utah -- A dangerous social media stunt took a serious turn in Utah.

A college student was hospitalized after ingesting a Tide Pod. Utah State University says it happened Saturday afternoon in a dorm.

There is no word on the student's condition, but she was conscious after medics put her in an ambulance.

Doctors have been warning about the so-called 'Tide Pod Challenge' - a viral stunt where teens post videos of them eating laundry detergent.

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