
We’ve posted several times recently regarding the new dangers being reported in conjunction with products intended for children and infants. One of the most recent involved thousands of baby swings, but now comes word of a much larger recall that’s being initiated by one of the world’s leaders in children’s products. Graco has announced the [...]
Continue reading "Graco Initiates Recall of 1.5 Million Strollers" >>19. January 2010
Medications are generally highly regulated due to the obvious dangers they’d present if anything was wrong with these products. The FDA is charged with regulating this process, and the agency slammed the makers of Tylenol and other brands recently in the wake of revelations that the manufacturer was slow to react to consumer complaints regarding [...]
Continue reading "Makers of Tylenol Initiate Multi-Brand Recall" >>12. January 2010
For many years, the Chinese have been shipping consumer goods to the United States for many reasons. On the consumer side, these products sold well because they did not cost as much as goods manufactured in the United States or in other countries. However, that cost savings came with a risk – Chinese products were [...]
Continue reading "New Toxin Discovered in Chinese Toys" >>8. January 2010
While coffee has been a veritable staple for millions of people for centuries, it’s only recently that the popularity of canned or bottled ‘energy drinks’ has exploded onto the market. These drinks are taking the consumer market by storm, and they appear to be particularly popular with young people. While the majority of those who [...]
Continue reading "Popularity of Energy Drinks Gives Rise to Heightened Health Concerns" >>7. January 2010
We’ve been posting recently in regards to several large recalls of products that were intended for use by children and infants, and all of these recalls has raised the level of concern by parents to previously unseen heights. In response to the public outcry against the penetration of these defective child products on the market, [...]
Continue reading "CPSC Approves New Registration Rules for Child/Infant Products" >>
22. January 2010
Child Safety, Defective Products, Product Recalls