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Keeping Children Safe at Amusement Parks
Now that Americans are making close to 300 million visits to amusement parks each year, every effort must be made to keep our youngest visitors as safe as possible. Although the current injury and fatality statistics for these parks are fairly low, we need to keep trying to reduce them even further. Every time another [...]
Continue reading Keeping Children Safe at Amusement ParksChildren’s Costume Jewelry Often Contains Harmful Substances
Monday, July 11, 2011
by Elizabeth Smith Young children often dress up in odd costumes and jewelry while playing various games. Unfortunately, they frequently put jewelry pieces in their mouths, increasing their chances of swallowing numerous germs and harmful substances. Since many negligent importers and manufacturers keep marketing children’s costume jewelry containing harmful substances (or covered with excessive lead-based [...]
Continue reading Children’s Costume Jewelry Often Contains Harmful SubstancesFour Deaths Lead to Graco Stroller Recall
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Four deaths have been blamed on the older model versions of the Quattro Tour and MetroLite strollers made by Graco Children’s Products Inc. of Atlanta.* For this reason, the company is now recalling about two million of those models. The four infant deaths referenced occurred between 2003 and 2005. In addition to those four deaths, [...]
Continue reading Four Deaths Lead to Graco Stroller RecallMarch 2010: Product Recalls and Related News Part Two of Two
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
March 2010: Product Recalls and Related News Part Two of Two Those who’ve already read Part One of this review know that an unusually high number of products posing choking, strangulation and fall risks are set forth in the March 2010 Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC’s) recall list. Other noted items can create shock, burn [...]
Continue reading March 2010: Product Recalls and Related News Part Two of TwoMarch 2010 CPSC Product Recall Review Part One
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
March 2010: Product Recalls and Related News Part One of Two An unusually high number of products posing choking and strangulation risks are noted in the March 2010 Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC’s) recall list. Other referenced items can cause fire, burn, shock or laceration injuries, while still others pose a special threat to infants [...]
Continue reading March 2010 CPSC Product Recall Review Part OneDog Bites Often Increase in Warmer Weather
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
As warmer temperatures return and people head outdoors more often, they’re at greater risk of sustaining serious dog bites. Everyone needs to bear this fact in mind since about four-to-five million Americans are bitten by dogs each year. Approximately one-fifth of those injuries require some form of medical treatment.
Continue reading Dog Bites Often Increase in Warmer WeatherBaby Slings Could Be Recalled Soon
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Products intended for use by and for infants tend to draw much attention from consumers, especially when a potential defect is discovered that could put children in positions of danger. Several different products of this type have been recalled in the past year, and it now appears that another infant product could be joining that [...]
Continue reading Baby Slings Could Be Recalled SoonGraco Initiates Recall of 1.5 Million Strollers
Friday, January 22, 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 StrollersNew Toxin Discovered in Chinese Toys
Tuesday, January 12, 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 ToysCPSC Approves New Registration Rules for Child/Infant Products
Thursday, January 7, 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, [...]
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Recent safety news
- Climbing Ropes Recalled by Porter Athletic Due to Fall Hazard May 17, 2012
- Circulon 13-Piece Cookware Set Recalled by Meyer Corporation Due to Laceration Hazard from Glass Lid May 17, 2012
- Aqua-Leisure Recalls Children's Trampolines Due to Fall Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Toys "R" Us Stores May 17, 2012
- Safety 1st Toilet and Cabinet Locks Recalled Due to Lock Failure; Children Can Gain Unintended Access to Water and Dangerous Items May 17, 2012
- Five Retailers Agree to Stop Sale and Recall Tots in Mind Crib Tents Due to Strangulation and Entrapment Hazard May 16, 2012
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