NATIONAL – Bravo Sports just recalled about 160,000 Bravo Sports Trampolines due to fall hazard, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced. The CPSC advising consumers to stop using the recalled Trampolines immediately and notes that it’s illegal to resell or to attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Incorrectly assembled trampolines can…
NATIONAL – The AP (5/17) reported, “The asphyxiation deaths of two boys prompted the government Monday to announce the recall of 1.8 million toy dart gun sets. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said a 9-year-old boy in Chicago and a 10-year-old boy in Milwaukee died after they chewed on the one-inch, soft-plastic darts, which slipped…
NATIONAL – In a story appearing on at least 177 news websites, the AP (1/19) reported, “A Barbados-based company on Tuesday recalled about 635,000 cribs sold by Kmart, Sears, Wal-Mart and other stores after the death of a 6-month-old boy and multiple reports of injuries. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of 20…
NATIONWIDE – Safety hazard! The cribs’ drop-side plastic hardware can break, deform, or parts can become missing. In addition, the drop-side can be installed upside-down, which can result in broken or disengaged plastic parts. All of these problems can cause the drop-side to detach in one or more corners. When the drop-side detaches, it creates…
NATIONAL – According to the Associated Press – “Target Corporation has agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty for importing and selling a variety of toys with high levels of lead paint on the surface.” Target “recalled more than 500,000 Kool Toyz play sets, Anima Bamboo Collection games, and Happy Giddy gardening tools and Sunny…
According the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Black and Decker Spacemaker coffee makers were sold nationwide at major retailers, including Kmart, Target, Wal-Mart and Bed Bath & Beyond, and online at Amazon.com from March 2006 through March 2009 for between $60 and $70. The affected appliances, distributed through Applica Consumer Products Inc., had brew baskets…
NATIONAL – USA Today reports that thanks to research and good public policy, children are benefiting “from a wealth of new research, as well as the safety laws and better products based on those research findings.” Nationwide, the “death rates from unintentional injuries among children under 19” fell “nearly 50% in 1981, from 27 deaths…
The Chicago Tribune reported, “Toymaker Mattel Inc. and its Fisher-Price subsidiary have agreed to pay a $2.3 million civil penalty for importing and selling toys with excessive levels of lead.” The fine is the result of ” part of a settlement the companies reached with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which announced Friday that “the…
According to The American Red Cross of Central Florida: Many bicycle injuries can be prevented by wearing a helmet. Always wear a correctly-fitting helmet when riding. Even children using tricycles or bikes with training wheels should wear helmets. Adults should also wear helmets at all times, including when riding with children. The Bicycle Helmet Safety…