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gotten 27 calls since March about the small soap pods. The brightly colored packets may lead some children to think they are candy.
• Hughes says the effects from the cases were minor.
• Nearly 250 cases have been reported this year to poison control centers around the country. A few made children seriously ill.
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and elders and learn. But sometimes parents and adults can take a lesson from younger people.
• Recently, teenagers spoke up to tell adults that South Dakota needs to do something about distracted driving. The state is one of only 12 states that have no laws about distracted driving, including texting or using a cellphone while driving.
• The teens were speaking at Kids Speak, a program that gives teens an opportunity to make presentations to

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