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The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Baby Matters LLC announced the recall yesterday of 30,000 Nap Nanny infant recliners following 22 reports of infants hanging or falling over the side (even as the harness was secured) and 1 report of the death of a child.
Owners of the product are urged to only use the [...]
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission and the manufacturer, Tots in Mind, have issued a total recall for the Playard Tent product due to risk of strangulation.
The cribs were made in China and sold at Walmart, Amazon.com and various baby and children’s stores nationwide from January 2005 through February 2010 for about $60.
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Pottery Barn and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announce a voluntary recall of Pottery Barn drop-side cribs after receiving 36 incident reports.
The cribs’ drop-sides can detach, creating a space where a young child could become entrapped or fall out of the crib.
ANY Pottery Barn Kids drop-side crib is included in this recall, [...]
In the wake of dozens of Toyota vehicle accidents blamed on sudden acceleration and the massive recalls that ensued, the U.S. Department of Transportation is analyzing the data recorders from the cars involved.
Preliminary findings show that the throttles were wide open, and brakes weren’t engaged at the time of crash, insiders told the Wall [...]
On this day in 1885, Louis Pasteur administered the first successful rabies vaccination. At the time, not a lot was known about rabies, but it was expected that society would “outgrow” it.
Unfortunately, doctors nationwide have had to administer millions of vaccines since then. The inoculation for rabies may have come a long way technologically, but [...]
Of the laws passed by the Virginia General Assembly in 2010, almost 900 take effect today, July 1.
Among these:
New Speed Limits
After conducting traffic engineering studies, the Virginia Department of Transportation can now raise the speed limit from 65 to 70 mph on interstates and other highways. The only change thus far will be raising [...]
Last July, Pawandeep Singh of Reston was driving his Peterbilt tractor-trailer down I-81 through Shenadoah County.
When traffic backed up due to another crash on the road ahead, Singh was caught not paying attention, and rear-ended the Honda ahead of him. The car, driven by a pair of brothers in their early twenties from Houston, [...]
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Suntech Enterprises announce the recall of about 8,400 baby walkers.
This is a voluntary recall following new rules issued by the CPSC in May 2010. The rule, effective December 21, 2010, states that walkers will be required to either have features, like a gripping mechanism, to stop the [...]
The FDA announced recalls of Mcneil Consumer Healthcare products, including Tylenol and Benadryl.
These products are being recalled as they were inadvertently omitted from the initial recall in January.
Both products were sold over the counter. The specific units included:
Benadryl Allergy Ultratab Tablets (100 count)
Extra Strength Tylenol Rapid Release Gels (50 count)
If you purchased either [...]
A young Loudoun boy is expected to make full recovery after falling from a third story window earlier this week.
The six-year-old leaned against a window screen while visiting a friend’s house. The screen was pushed out of the window frame and the child fell through the window.
He was then airlifted to INOVA Fairfax [...]
