Posts tagged toys

• Couple Files Lawsuit Over Infant Injuries Related to Bumbo Baby Sitter Seat

  David Mittleman | December 15, 2011 8:30 AM | 4 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Many new parents favor the Bumbo Baby Sitter Seat because it's more stable than a bouncy chair, but more flexible than a highchair. However, the manufacturer is coming under some serious fire...

• No Zhu Zhu Pets Recall Despite Claims of Dangerous Metals in Toy

  David Mittleman | December 07, 2009 9:28 AM | 4 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Zhu Zhu Pets are the latest toy craze this holiday season. However, according to some safety experts, the stuffed hamster look-alikes contain unsafe levels of tin and antimony. Antimony is a...

• 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...

• 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...

• Children Climb Into "Claw Machines" More Often Than You Might Think

  David Mittleman | February 26, 2012 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  If you have children, you've probably been nagged for a quarter so that they could play the claw game to win a toy. However, you might be suprised that it's not uncommon for children to...

• 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...

• CPSC Announces Recall of Two Children's "Horse" Toys Due to Reports of Near-Strangulation

  David Mittleman | November 11, 2010 4:43 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recalls of several horse-related children's toys after receiving reports of two near-strangulations. First, about 8,800 horse-on-a-stick toys...

• Fisher Price Recalling 10 Million Toddler Toys for Causing Injuries, Including Genital Bleeding

  David Mittleman | September 30, 2010 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The timing couldn't be worse: yesterday Fisher Price recalled several infant and toddler toys, affecting millions of items sold between 1997 and 2010. The recall was prompted by 24 reported injuries...

• Dangerous Heavy Metal Cadmium Present in Children's Jewelry

  David Mittleman | January 13, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Before the problem was lead, but now Chinese manufacturers have turned to using cadmium in children's jewelry--an even more dangerous heavy metal. By testing 103 pieces of children's jewelry bought...

• Public Interest Group Discovers Toys with Lead, Dangerous Chemicals Still on Store Shelves

  David Mittleman | November 30, 2009 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As the holiday season approaches many parents will travel to the stores, eager to swoop up the latest toys for their children. Luckily, a new law that bans six dangerous chemicals from...