
Window covers are products that are necessary to shield a home’s residents from the sun and to provide privacy, but for the most part, people don’t spend much time thinking about them in terms of their risk versus their reward. Tragically, a few sets of parents were forced to realize just how dangerous some [...]
Continue reading "Enormous Window Covers Recall Begins After Three Child Deaths" >>19. August 2009
Children’s toys sell by the millions of units, and they come in all shapes and sizes. However, in recent years, the size of certain types of toys has become more of a problem, especially those that are small and that can be ingested by children. Such is the case with a few parts [...]
Continue reading "Little Tikes Recalls 1.6 Million Toys" >>18. August 2009
Far too many news stories revolve around pedestrians who’ve been injured or killed while simply trying to cross a Sacramento street. In fact, Americans everywhere face similar dangers each day. Careless car and truck drivers, often foolishly interacting with their cell phones, put everyone at risk. They cut corners sharply and rarely glance to see [...]
Continue reading "Pedestrians Beware: How to Avoid Harm When Crossing the Street" >>13. August 2009
Child Safety, Product Recalls, School Bus Accidents, Slip & Fall
Child products sell in huge numbers, and one of the mainstays of this product niche is the booster seat, which allows young children to sit up higher and be fed along with adults and older children, among other things. However, not all of these products are safe, and one line of child booster seats [...]
Continue reading "Target Recalls Thousands of Child Booster Seats" >>5. August 2009
Anyone with a lawn likely has some sort of tool handy that allows them to trim the edges of the grass, to cut the grass that sits near plants and trees and to generally perform quick touch-up work after their larger lawn mowers have been run. Black & Decker is one of the leading [...]
Continue reading "Black & Decker Recalls 200,000 Grass Trimmers" >>
27. August 2009
Child Safety, Defective Products, Product Recalls