News tagged with 'Childrens Products'

Just in Time for Christmas Target, Toys R Us, Amazon and Wal Mart, are all scrambling to pull Aqua Dots from the store shelves because of a contaminant that's hospitalized 5children. The toy is made in China

Millions of toys have been recalled worldwide from major toy manufacturers such as Mattel/Fisher Price and Toys “R” Us for having excessive levels of lead in their paint. The recalled toys range from SpongeBob SquarePants Notebooks to Barbie Accessories to Children’s Jewelry and more. Most of the recalled toys are

Fisher Price Recalls 1 Million Toys Updated August 2007: Fisher-Price Inc. and the CPSC have recalled 967,000 toys because the paint contains an excessive amount of lead. Lead is toxic and if ingested by children can cause heath problems. The toys were manufactured in China and were ava

Thomas & Friends’ Toy Train Maker Faces Lawsuits Updated June 2007 - The RC2 corporation was named as a defendant in two lawsuits . The cases were brought on behalf of injured children, and attorneys were requesting that RC2 provide medical exams for those children who may have ingested lead paint whil

The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) warned consumers to watch out for problems with child seats equipped with recessed buckles built into the seat between the child's legs. NHTSA said the buckles in these seats can easily collect particles of food, drink, dirt

The Food and Drug Administration is alerting the public to the voluntary recall of powdered infant formula announced by Wyeth Nutritionals Inc., Georgia, Vermont. Certain lots of powdered infant formula manufactured between July 12 and September 25, 2002, may be contaminated with Enterobacter sakazakii. E. sakazakii is

HandsOn Toys Inc. of Wilmington, Massachusetts recalled 100,000 infant rattles after evidence was revealed that suggested the toys could break open exposing a noisemaker that a toddler could choke on. The Consumer Product Safety Commission disclosed that the company had received eleven reports of rattles breaking, inc

Zapper Toys (940,000) distributed by nine firms. Small balloon tongues and the cylinders holding the tongues can detach posing a choking hazard. One firm received a report of a 3-year-old boy who inhaled a balloon tongue that detached from a Zapper toy into his sinus cavity. He required medical treatment to r

Safety 1st, the largest producer of baby bath seats, has revamped its bath seat design after Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chairwoman Ann Brown challenged the company to assemble a safer bath aid for infants. The new concept is designed to limit the number of newborn fatalities associated with baby bath se

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today reported 2,250 emergency room-treated injuries associated with motorized scooters in the first 7 months of this year. If injuries continue at this rate, the total estimate for 2001 is expected to show a marked increase over 2000. The first full year in

The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued yet another recall of baby strollers, this time the Kolcraft LiteSport. The recall of over 115,000 strollers comes after several reports of infant injuries were made to the CPSC. According to government officials, the lock mechanisms, which can be found on both

Self-propelled scooters have become immensely popular. Over 5 million of the toys are expected to be sold in 2001. Unfortunately, with the increase in scooter usage comes severe injuries to young riders. During 2000, over 28,000 scooter related accidents occurred in the United States, making the devices some of the m

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is launching an effort to locate recalled portable crib/play yards like the one that recently killed a nine-month-old baby. Baby Trend, Inc., of Ontario, California, recalled nearly 100,000 "Home and Roam" and "Baby Express" cribs/play yards in 1995 out of fears that t

Doctors urge you to protect your children from trampoline injuries. The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) announced that the number of Americans treated annually for trampoline injuries has tripled since 1991, exceeding 100,000. The majority of those injured are under the age of 14. The AAOS report

Baby Trend Inc. of Ontario, Calif., is repeating its announcement of the 1995 recall of "Home and Roam" and "Baby Express" portable cribs/play yards. These cribs/play yards can collapse and entrap an infant. In January 2001, a 9-month-old baby in Longview, Wash., died of asphyxiation when her neck was caught