'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
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Sandra 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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