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IonizAir™ Table Top Air Purifiers (fire), Razor® E300 Electric Scooters (detaching handlebars), Campbell’s Chunky Baked Potato With Cheddar & Bacon Bits (chunks of hard plastic).
safety
By 10.4.07
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Various KB Toys Recalls Wooden Toys (lead), “Pirates of the Caribbean” Medallion Squeeze Lights (lead), Dollar General Frankenstein Tumblers (lead), “Totally Me!” Children’s Decorating Sets (lead), Baby Einstein Discover & Play Color Blocks (lead), Dollar General metal keyrings (lead), Antioch Bookmarks and Journals (lead), Sports Authority Alpine Design Aluminum Water Bottles (lead).
By 10.4.07
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Honeywell International Gas Valves (fire, burn), Jensen’s Seattle Style Wild Smoked Salmon Spread Lemon Dill and Onion (Listeria), Quong Hop Tofu (Listeria).
Qwest Launches Customer Internet Protection Program
By 10.2.07
Qwest would like you to know they’ve launched some fancy new “Consumer Internet Protection.”
By 10.2.07
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Target Recalls Plush Boys Rattles (choking), Cook’s Essential Electric Toasters (fire), Timberland Recalls Steel Toe Boots Due (foot injury hazard).
Safety Experts Urge FDA To Ban OTC Cough And Cold Meds For Kids Under 6
By 9.29.07
The New York Times is reporting that safety experts are urging the FDA to consider a ban of all “over-the-counter, multisymptom cough and cold medicines for children under 6.”
By 9.28.07
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Mini Zooper Doll Strollers (severed fingers, entrapment), Estes-Cox X-15 Flying Model Rockets (impact injury), Colanta Cheese (Staphylococcus aureus).
Participating In A Clinical Study? You're On Your Own
By 9.28.07
The FDA’s own parent department, the Department of Health and Human Services, just issued a report that says the FDA “does very little to ensure the safety of the millions of people who participate in clinical trials,” according to the New York Times. The FDA has 200 inspectors, some of whom are part-time, to monitor 350,000 testing sites—and even when they reported “serious problems,” their findings were downgraded 68% of the time by higher-ups in Washington.
By 9.27.07
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Kolcraft’s “Sesame Beginnings” Travel Play Yard (strangulation).
Consumer Group Finds Lead In More Children's Toys
By 9.27.07
Extremely high levels of lead were found in a Go Diego Go backpack, a Superfly monkey and a pair of Circo Lulu boots, the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (a group dedicated to ridding the world of PVC) reported in a new study released yesterday. In all, 11 items they tested contained lead levels and/or heavy metals well over the safety standard, 10 of which contained PVC, or vinyl. The backpack had levels of 4,600 parts per million. The CPSC standard is 600 parts per million.
By 9.26.07
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More Thomas & Friends™ Wooden Railway Toys (lead), Happy Giddy Gardening Tools and Children’s Sunny Patch Chairs sold at Target (lead), Britain’s “Knights of the Sword” Series Toys (lead), Jo-Ann Stores Children’s Toy Rake (lead), Guidecraft Floor Puppet Theaters (lead), : Rhode Island Novelty Children’s Spinning Wheel-Metal Necklaces (lead), More TOBY N.Y.C. Children’s Metal Jewelry (lead), Quesos Sabrosos Mexicanos Queso Cincho de Guerrero (salmonella).
By 9.25.07
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BCI Single Post Swing Sets (falling), Baby’s Bliss Gripe Water (cryptosporidium), Organic Pastures Raw Cream (Listeria monocytogenes), Private Selection Classic Churned Light Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream (unidentified eggs).
By 9.25.07
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A class-action lawsuit was filed yesterday against Simplicity Inc., Target Corp., and Graco Children’s Products Inc. for their roles in the unfolding defective crib recall. The lawyer who filed the suit originally represented the family of a 9-month-old who died in 2005 from one of the badly-designed cribs, which can be dangerous if assembled incorrectly. [Chicago Tribune]
Head Of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Didn't Know How To Properly Install A Car Seat
By 9.21.07
A Detroit News article about Nicole Nasson, head of the National High Traffic Safety Adminsitration, which oversees, among other things, child safety seat standards, reveals that until this summer, she didn’t know how to properly install a child safety seat.
By 9.21.07
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Simplicity Cribs (failures resulting in deaths), select Bravo! Poultry Products for Dogs and Cats (Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes), Quong Hop Tofu (Listeria monocytogenes)
"Parents, Don't Use Crib Bumpers" Says Study
By 9.20.07
From 1985 to 2005, crib bumpers—the soft padded things parents use to protect their little bundles of dna from injury—have caused 27 deaths and 25 injuries in babies 2-years-old or younger, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Two universities are now cautioning that crib bumpers may not be worth the risk.
New Boeing 787 More Likely Than Other Planes To Be Unsafe… After Crashing?
By 9.19.07
UPDATE: Cirrus Designs, UCLA, and Airbus refute these claims.
By 9.19.07
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REI Novara Afterburner Trailer Bicycles (can detach from adult bicycle…).
