
Toyota is a brand of automobile that’s long been known by consumers for its quality, dependability and overall safety. As a result, the manufacturer has enjoyed a growing market share for years. However, it only takes one problem for that reputation to be damaged, and that appears to be what’s happening all over the world [...]
Continue reading "Massive Toyota Recall Fallout Continues" >>22. January 2010
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" >>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
The September 2009 Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC’s) recall list contained a wide variety of hazardous products. It also referenced several companies that must pay civil penalties due to the way they created or marketed their products.
These monthly government lists alert the public to potentially hazardous products they may already own or plan to [...]
8. December 2009
The products set forth in the September 2009 Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC’s) recall list were quite varied. Some posed fire, choking, strangulation and laceration risks, while at least one threatened consumers with excessive lead content.
These monthly government lists help protect the public by urging consumers to avoid using or purchasing various dangerous products. Our [...]
8. December 2009
As noted in Part One of this review, Americans are fortunate to have a government agency (the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission – CPSC) working tirelessly to protect them from dangerous products. Apart from regulating the design and marketing of various consumer products, the CPSC regularly warns the public about all new (or older) [...]
Continue reading "October 2009: Recall Review and Related News Part Two" >>
2. February 2010
Auto Safety, Defective Products, Product Recalls