Posts tagged consumer product safety commission

• Banzai Water Slide Recall

  Mark Bello | May 30, 2012 1:06 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  There are dangerous products on the market all the time. Unfortunately, sometimes it takes serious injuries or death to protect innocent people from defective products and negligent...

• Recall: Child Safety Locks

  Mark Bello | March 26, 2012 3:31 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Dorel Juvenile Group (DJG) Inc. announced a voluntary recall of Push 'N' Snap cabinet locks. The CPSC says 900,000 locks are...

• Tiny Lithium Batteries can cause Big Problems for Small Children

  Mark Bello | December 29, 2011 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  When we think about child safety as it relates to kids putting things in their mouth, we tend to think of choking hazards yet choking is only part of the danger. Many things that a child can put...

• Black & Decker Pays for Failure to Report Safety Defect

  Mark Bello | August 08, 2011 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Stanley Black & Decker has agreed to pay $960,000 to settle allegations that it knowingly failed to report safety defects with its Grasshog XP Weed Trimmer/Edger. The trimmer was recalled in...

• Drain Cover Recall Could Close Thousands of Pools

  Mark Bello | May 31, 2011 10:44 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Memorial Day weekend means the opening of thousands of pools nationwide. Unfortunately, this year was an exception after the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a recall of nearly...

• Stop Playing Around With Child Safety

  Mark Bello | February 18, 2011 12:54 PM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the agency created to protect consumers from unreasonable risks of injuries or death associated with consumer products, recently updated their...

• Tainted Toys: How Does This Problem Continue?

  Mark Bello | February 08, 2011 1:52 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  There is no “safe” level of lead exposure for children, and yet it continues to show up in many children’s products: toys, stuffed animals, jewelry, trinkets. The CPSC, along with...

• For the Safety of Your Kids, Please Secure Your Household Appliances & Furniture

  Mark Bello | September 24, 2010 4:13 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A stove tipped over and crushed a 2-year-old boy when he climbed on the over door to reach something on the counter top. Although preventable, this type of accident is unfortunately not rare....

• Target Recalling Woven Wicker Trunks After Devastating Injury to 18-Month-Old Baby

  David Mittleman | May 21, 2010 2:58 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Target Corporation and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recently issued a recall of 350,000 woven storage trunks months after the lid of one of the trunks slammed shut on the neck of an...

• Concerned Parents Sue Over Pampers DryMax Diapers

  David Mittleman | May 20, 2010 3:24 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  When a concerned parent started a Facebook page over Pampers DryMax Diapers, which she was convinced were causing her children’s severe diaper rash, she did not get the type of response she...