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    By Mitch Lipka

    | 1:36PM 9/15/2010
    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...

    By Mitch Lipka

    | 7:00AM 6/24/2010
    In its ongoing effort to halt the use of dangerous drop-side cribs, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a two million-crib recall involving seven companies including Evenflo, Child Craft and the maker of the Babi Italia line. The crib companies and the number of cribs involved...

    By Mitch Lipka

    | 5:15PM 5/26/2010
    It's hard to criticize a politician for being, well, a politician. And even when what they're proposing isn't really necessary, the publicity their bluster can bring can be of benefit. And such is New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's plan to get Congress to ban the now known-to-be dangerous...

    By Mitch Lipka

    | 7:00AM 4/29/2010
    Hundreds of thousands cribs are being recalled after they were connected to reports of infants becoming trapped in them, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is announcing today. The recalls are for cribs sold under the Graco and Simplicity brands. About 217,000 Graco brand drop side cribs...

    By Mitch Lipka

    | 4:00PM 2/09/2010
    The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is issuing a crib recall and warning anyone with Generation 2 Worldwide or "ChildESIGNS" drop side cribs to stop using them following reports of the deaths of three babies. At least a half million of the cribs are believed to have been sold by the now...

    By Mitch Lipka

    | 3:30PM 8/07/2009
    If you own any children's products or are going to buy some second-hand, this is a list that could help save a life. All have been recalled because they have put kids in peril -- with design flaws or defects that risk burns, broken bones and even death, especially drop-side crib recalls. The U.S....