
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" >>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. December 2009
The world is such now that many families have two working parents in order to live profitably and to properly support their children. As such, parents are busier than ever before, which means that staying up-to-date on the unforeseen dangers that could affect them is very difficult. These past few weeks have provided more background [...]
Continue reading "Large Number of Child Product Recalls Has Parents Concerned" >>15. December 2009
Product recalls happen with regularity and for many reasons, but some recalls are shocking merely because of the number of units involved. This could be the reaction of many when they learn that more than 50 million units of Roman-style shades and roll-up blinds have been recalled because of serious concerns regarding the safety of [...]
Continue reading "More than 50 Million Roman Shades and Roll-Up Blinds Recalled" >>10. December 2009
One of the many reasons that we continue to cover the issue of dangerous products and recalls is because avoiding dangers is the best way to avoid unforeseen injuries. It seems that lately there have been several product recalls involving baby products, and now comes word that another product intended to be used with infants [...]
Continue reading "Thousands of Baby Swings Recalled" >>8. December 2009
Far too often, dogs previously thought well-behaved will attack both children and adults. In August 2009, two brothers in the Sacramento area had to fight hard to escape from their neighbor’s Rottweiler. The dog’s owner had just brought him out of her house on a leash before the attack occurred. One minute the two boys, [...]
Continue reading "Dog Bite Dangers: Recent Sacramento Attack" >>24. November 2009
Innovations in products designed to make the lives of parents easier in regards to handling their infants have been many in number in recent years, and one of the most popular product offerings involves a new way of constructing cribs with a drop-side. These cribs supposedly make it easier to handle the child, but unfortunately, [...]
Continue reading "Largest Crib Recall in US History Begins" >>10. November 2009
It seems that every parent makes use of a stroller to help with the mobility of their children, and in recent years these products have grown much more intricate and have added features that are intended to add to the convenience of moving around with a small child. Unfortunately, not all of these products are [...]
Continue reading "Stroller Manufacturer Initiates Major Recall" >>8. October 2009
Toys come in all shapes, sizes and are made of all sorts of materials, but almost every toy carries with it some degree of inherent danger. Apparently, yet another set of toys was found to be more dangerous than it was worth to keep on the market, as the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently [...]
Continue reading "Wooden Toys Recalled Due to Possibility of Choking" >>27. August 2009
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 of [...]
Continue reading "Enormous Window Covers Recall Begins After Three Child Deaths" >>
12. January 2010
Child Safety, Defective Products