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Last month, a landmark verdict was handed in by a California jury. The Monsanto Company was ordered to pay a Bay Area school groundskeeper $289 million. The lawsuit claimed one of the company’s products caused the groundskeeper’s cancer, and over 4,000 other lawsuits are claiming the same thing. Will this verdict affect the outcome of […]
The iPhone 8 has finally been released! Is it everything you hoped for? If not, the iPhone X arrives on November 3rd. These two phones represent the best that technology has to offer at the moment, however, the latest and greatest may not always be the safest. Reports are surfacing about the new iPhone, and […]
For the second time in the last month, Britax will recall 49,000 B-Ready strollers and replacement top seats due to an arm bar defect. The defect involves the foam padding on the stroller’s arm bar which can come off in fragments and presents as a serious choking hazard to the child if the child bites […]
Graco is recalling 4.7 million strollers in the U.S. that affect 11 different models due to a folding hinge defect. The issue is that the folding hinge on the sides of the stroller can pinch a child’s finger, posing a laceration or amputation hazard. The eleven models affected include the Aspen, Breeze, Capri, Cirrus, Glider, […]
Graco Children’s Products will be recalling 3,773,379 toddler and booster child seats due to a buckle defect. The defect involves difficulty in unlatching the harness buckle. In some cases, the buckle becomes stuck in a latched condition so that it cannot be opened by depressing the buckle’s release button. If the buckle becomes stuck, it […]
Britax is recalling 216,000 B-Agile, B-Agile Double and BOB Motion child single and double strollers in the USA and another 8,800 in Canada. The reason for the recall is when users fold the stroller; the hinge can partially amputate users’ fingertips, break their fingers or cause severe lacerations, when they press the release button while […]
Playtex will recall 1.25 million Playtex Pacifier Holder Clips due to a choking hazard. These pacifier holder clips attach a pacifier to clothing articles, diaper bags, and strollers. The pacifier holder clips have been reported to crack and small parts of the product can break off. When the parts break off, this presents a choking […]
Combi USA is recalling 33, 139 child car seats because the harness webbing fails to meet minimum breaking strength requirements established in the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213, “Child Restraint Systems.” According to a Combi spokeswoman, one part of the harness that includes a plastic button failed strength tests. In the event of […]
American Honda has recalled 21,000 4 wheel drive Honda FourTrax TRX500 Foreman ATV models FE and FM. The reason for the recall is that the ATV steering shaft can break without warning during use. When the steering shaft breaks, the driver will lose steering control of the ATV. This increases the likelihood of a crash. […]
Schneider Electric has recalled 15 million surge protectors that were manufactured prior to 2003 due to a fire hazard. The name of the product is the APC SurgeArrest. The American Power Conversion (APC), now known as Schneider Electric, manufactured these surge protectors. These surge protectors during their normal use can overheat, smoke, and melt. These […]
Although they look cool and stylish, novelty helmets present a catch-22. What may look cool does not necessarily work well as these helmets do not provide the adequate protection needed to prevent injury to your head. Even as more than 800,000 novelty helmets are sold in the U.S. every year, and as motorcycle crash deaths […]
On March 28, 2013, Bells Sports recalled 2,500 Bell Full Throttle Bike Helmets, full coverage bicycle motocross [BMX] helmets with a chin bar. These helmets were sold exclusively at Toys R Us between July 2012 and January 2013. The reason for the recall is that the buckle on the helmet’s safety strap can release in […]