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Product Safety Honchos Get Free Ride

Regulated companies pick up travel tabs for federal agency heads

(Newser) - Leaders of the US agency that regulates product safety have accepted free trips from reps of the industries they oversee, a move critics call a flagrant breach of ethics, the Washington Post reports. Consumer Product Safety Commission chief Nancy Nord and predecessor Hal Stratton have taken 30 trips since 2002,...

Fake Teeth Recalled on Halloween
Fake Teeth Recalled on Halloween
Oct 31, 2007 2:55 PM CDT

Fake Teeth Recalled on Halloween

$2 Chinese-made party favors turn out to contain dangerous lead

(Newser) - How's this for last-minute: The US government issued a recall of Chinese-made fake teeth—costume—today. The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the recall for the $2 "ugly teeth" because of high levels of lead, the AP reports. The agency estimates that 43,000 packs of eight sets of...

1M Bumbo Baby Seats Recalled
1M Bumbo Baby Seats Recalled
Oct 25, 2007 4:30 PM CDT

1M Bumbo Baby Seats Recalled

Reports count 28 falls, with three skull fractures

(Newser) - Bumbo International of South Africa has recalled nearly 1 million of its foam Baby Sitter seats because they pose a risk to children, Bloomberg reports. The company has reports of 28 children falling out of the seats, and three of them suffered fractured skulls.The seats have been sold at...

1 Million Cribs Recalled
1 Million Cribs Recalled
Sep 21, 2007 5:50 PM CDT

1 Million Cribs Recalled

Improper installation may lead to infant death, entrapment

(Newser) - Following the deaths of at least three children, the Consumer Product Safety Commission today recalled roughly 1 million Simplicity and Graco cribs. "We do not want your child in that crib tonight," a CPSC spokesman told the Chicago Tribune. The cribs, manufactured in China, can trap and suffocate...

Mattel Gets Tough on Chinese Suppliers

Second recall was a serious wake-up call

(Newser) - The first batch of lead-tainted toys it had to recall, Mattel wrote off as an isolated incident—"a single vendor who made a big mistake.” But when it came to recalling 1.5 million unsafe Barbie dolls, Sarge jeeps and other toys made in China, the company knew...

China Declares War on Tainted Exports

Beijing launches 4-month national campaign

(Newser) - In an effort to counteract the flood of bad publicity about its product-safety system, China will mount a 4-month "war" on tainted exports that focuses on whipping government officials into shape, Reuters reports. The short-term campaign is "a special battle to protect the health and personal interests of...

China-Made Baby Bibs Contain Lead
China-Made Baby Bibs Contain Lead
Aug 15, 2007 4:59 PM CDT

China-Made Baby Bibs Contain Lead

Tests of Toys 'R' Us aprons finds possible hazard; company claims compliance

(Newser) - Tests by a non-profit agency and the NY Times found made-in-China baby bibs sold at Toys "R" Us contaminated with lead, the paper reported today. After its own recent tests, a government agency did not move to recall the bib; Wal-Mart voluntarily removed bibs made by the same company...

Recipe for Disaster: Easy-Bake Oven + Kids

Manufacturer issues second recall this year

(Newser) - A repair kit intended to make Easy-Bake Ovens safer hasn't done its job, forcing the manufacturer to issue its second recall in less than a year. Hasbro said yesterday that hundreds of children have caught hands or fingers in the oven doors, and the AP reports that one girl was...

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