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More than 44 million children's products involved in 18 deaths were recalled last year - a figure boosted by a crackdown on soon-to-be banned drop-side cribs, the safety group Kids In Danger concluded in a report released today.
Overall, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced 160...
Consumer Ally to be Honored for Child Safety Reporting
10:15PM 2/04/2011
Consumer Ally Mitch Lipka is being honored with the 2011 Best Friend Award from the child safety group Kids In Danger for his longtime commitment to helping keep children safe.
The award will be presented on May 19 at a banquet in Chicago. This is the 11th year the influential group will give out...
A small crib recall of the Sorelle brand Prescott model by Albee Baby revealed a disturbing and potentially dangerous problem: the cribs were actually made by the most infamous manufacturer of children's furniture -- Simplicity.
The now-defunct Simplicity is notorious for cheap, poorly made cribs...
Crib and other nursery recalls get new tool -- finally
11:30PM 7/22/2010
For years safety advocates pushed for the idea of easy-to-use product registration cards for durable infant and toddler products to help notify consumers when a recall was issued. That day has finally arrived and two of the leaders of that effort for well over a decade got to be part of the...
Dangerous nursery products top 2009 recall list
12:01AM 3/30/2010
Recalls of strollers, cribs, high chairs and other nursery products pushed nursery products to the top category of recalled products for the first time, the advocacy group Kids in Danger announced.
In a just-released report analyzing recalls conducted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety...
Sleeping like a baby? More than 9 million cribs, sleep products recalled in two years
7:00AM 12/10/2009
Nearly 9.5 million sleep products for infants and toddlers -- cribs, bassinets and play yards -- have been recalled in the past two years following 16 deaths and more than 2,200 incidents. Yet, many of the products that have proven fatal are still in use, putting children sleeping in them in...
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