Recalled Products Lead to Questions of Safety
Many of the products that are recalled seem to lead to more questions of “what is safe for our children?”. Many products that are recalled do not seem dangerous at all in many cases. Most of the time it is found that some flaw in the design, which may not have been noticed at first, […]
Children Clog Shoes Recalled Because of Dangers
A recall has been issued for many children's shoes that were sold to retailers across the United States. The shoes featured cartoon characters resembling Disney Cars, Transformers, and Barbie. The shoes were determined unsafe after it was found that the decorative wheels that adorn the side of the shoes can detach. Once the wheels […]
Play-Yard Recall Recently Announced
A recall was recently announced for nearly none million Kolcraft play yards. The recall of this product has raised many questions. One of the main questions to be raised involves the perceived safety of leaving a child unattended in a device such as this. The recall came about as a hazard of collapse became apparent. […]
Infant Play Yards Recalled after Injuries
Nearly a million of the "Travelin' Tot" series of infant play yards are being voluntarily recalled by Kolcraft. The company has received 347 reports of side rail collapses on the product, causing a fall hazard for children. So far, at least 21 children have been injured by the product. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission […]
400,000 Cribs Recalled
400,000 cribs manufactured by Simplicity are being recalled because of a suffocation hazard. The company has had similar recalls in September when it recalled 600,000 cribs and in 2007 when it recalled 1 million cribs. The latest recall was spurred by the death of an 8 month old child who suffocated when some hardware broke […]
Bathtub Recall
A Dallas, TX company is recalling over 5,000 bath tubs that were recently made. The company, Crane Plumbing LLC, is recalling the Crane Bath Tubs with a Whirlpool. It has been found that the drain in the bath tub presents a hazard that could potentially trap and drown an individual underwater. The rain can potentially […]
Nestle Cookies Recalled
Officials at Nestle has instituted a recall of some of the Nestle cookie dough products after many individuals have gotten sick after ingesting the product. The individuals got sick from Ecoli 0157. Initially, officials believed that it was another product linked to the Ecoli outbreak, however an investigation determined that Nestle cookie dough was the […]
Childrens Playset Recalled
A childrens Step2 playset has recently been announced as a product that can pose a danger to children. The playset has shown potential to injure a child from falling because a support rope can break off.. The playset was exclusively sold at Toys R Us locations through out the United States. The playset sold since […]
Stroller Recalled
Over 20,000 stroller have been recalled after it was found that one or both of the brakes on the stroller fail. This causes the stroller to be unsecure on inclines. The stroller recalled is the Bugaboo Bee strollers which are made in Taiwan. There have been over 100 reports of brake failure, which helped prompt […]
Mattel/Fischer Price Settle $2.3 M Civil Penalty for Lead in Toys
Toy maker Mattel imported around 900,000 toys that contained lead based paint between September of 2006 and August of 2007. Subsidiary Fischer Price imported around 1.1 million toys with the same problems between July of 2006 and August of 2007. The toys have all been recalled since then, most in the months after August, 2007. […]