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• Recall of the Week: Millions of blinds and Roman shades due to strangulation hazards

  
  The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide — Authority: 469
  A dozen firms are recalling millions of window coverings, including Roman shades and roll-up blinds, because they pose a serious risk of strangulation to young children, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced this week The commission has received reports of five deaths and 16 near ...
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• Top 10 tips for safe holiday decorating

  
  The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide — Authority: 469
    Each year, during the two months around the holiday season, more than 14,000 people are treated in hospital emergency rooms due to injuries related to holiday decorating. Christmas trees also are involved in hundreds of fires resulting in an average of 15 deaths and $13 million dollars in property damage ...
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• Car-seat carriers recalled for handle failure

  
  USATODAY.com Money - Block — Authority: 777
  The government has announced the recall of about 447,000 infant car-seat carriers because of 77 reports the handles have come loose.
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• 447,000 Dorel Infant Car Seat/Carriers recalled due to loose handle

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, Dec 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), announced a recall of the Dorel Infant Car Seat/Carriers. They also advised the consumers that they should stop using this recalled car seat/carrier immediately unless ...
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• CPSC to release information on Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act

  
  District Dispatch — Authority: 492
  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted unanimously (5-0) to extend a stay of enforcement on testing and certification of many regulated children’s products under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). While enforcement of specific CPSC testing requirements has been stayed, the ...
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• Recall from OMS Technical Diving Gear

  
  Big Blue Tech News — Authority: 131
  Ocean Management Systems Inc. (OMS) ANNOUNCES Safety Replacement OF BCS SEAL RINGOcean Management Systems, Inc. (OMS) has notified the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), that OMS is voluntarily recalling approximately 19,790 Sealing Rings BCA-500. Molding variations in this part as used in the OMS ...
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• 50 million Roman and roll-up shades recalled due to strangulations

  
  JusticeNewsFlash.com | Legal News | Lawyer Press Release — Authority: 436
  Legal news for product liability attorneys. The CPSC and the WCSC recalled 50 million shades due to strangulation hazard. Product Liability lawyers alert- The Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled 50 million Roman shades due to strangulation hazard. Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Consumer Product safety ...
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• Blinded by the Blinds

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 142
  The Wall Street Journal’s Melanie Trottman reports : The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and a coalition of makers, importers and retailers of window coverings said they are recalling up to 50 million Roman-style shades and roll-up blinds because of a risk that young children could be strangled by the ...
  6 days ago

• Officials Recall 50 Million Popular Window Blinds Over Strangulation Fears

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 713
  Washington, D.C. (AHN) – The Consumer Product Safety Commission and the window blind industry have issued a massive recall for nearly every type of Roman blind and roller shade on the market. The recall includes nearly 50-million of the popular window coverings as they are now deemed a hazard to small children. ...
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• Plan A Safe Holiday

  
  Starryskye.org — Authority: 120
  As December speeds by, many last minute buyers feel the urgency to find just the right gift for a particular person. BUT, in that search for something cool, people often forget about safety. Before you buy this year, you may want to check out what the Consumer Product Safety Commission has to say about that gift ...
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• The Zhu Zhu Toy Kerfuffle

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 142
  By Marci Greenstein If it’s the holiday season, it must be time for scary stories about toys.  Usually they’re brought to you by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a federal agency that is supposed to protect our kids from dangerous toys. Just look at its current list of hazardous toys .  But the ...
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• Recall of the Week: Amby Baby Motion Beds due to suffocation hazard

  
  The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide — Authority: 469
  About 24,000 Amby Baby Motion Beds are being recalled due to a suffocation hazard, reports the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission The side-to-side shifting or tilting of the hammock can cause the infant to roll and become entrapped or wedged against the hammock’s fabric and/or mattress pad, resulting ...
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• Toy trucks and pajama sets recalled

  
  News Moms Need — Authority: 129
  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is recalling Super Rigs Play Sets because the toy trucks’ paint coating contains lead . Lead is a very strong poison that can be very harmful to children. The toys were sold between September and November 2009. Learn more about the toy truck recall . The CPSC is ...
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• House Votes to Tighten Wall Street Regulation

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 785
  Filed under: House , Democrats , Wall Street The House of Representatives voted Friday to dramatically expand regulation of Wall Street and the finance sector, the New York Times reports . The 223-202 vote approved a bill that would create a new consumer protection agency, place tight limits on the financial ...
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• US and Canada issue recall and advisory concerning baby hammock

  
  Baby Chums — Authority: 513
  The US has issued a product recall and Canada an advisory regarding the Amby Baby Motion Bed after the deaths of two infants in the US. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall on Tuesday of almost 24,000 Amby Baby Motion Beds, made by Amby Baby U.S.A. of Minneapolis. The recall was ...
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• CPSC Says Zhu Zhu Pets Safe, Good Guide Apologizes

  
  Blippitt.com — Authority: 610
  The independent product testing group GoodGuide is eating some crow today. Last week, the group had announced that some Zhu Zhu Pets, one of this years hottest toys, were unsafe because they contained high levels of certain toxins. They are now changing their tune now that the Consumer Product Safety Commission ...
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• Consumer Product Safety Commission: Parents unaware of TV tip-over danger

  
  myBCTnow.com — Authority: 150
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• Unsafe Stork Craft cribs recalled -- again

  
  Whoa, Momma! — Authority: 428
  Back in January, a Canadian company called Stork-craft had to recall 1-million of its cribs because they posed a potential suffocation hazard. The problem: the metal support brackets used to support the crib mattress and mattress board could crack and break. Now Stork Craft is recalling millions of its cribs ...
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• Zhu Zhu Pets are OK, says government agency

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 762
  Filed under: Company News The Consumer Product Safety Commission says that the hot-selling Zhu Zhu Pets are "safe," according to a number of media reports. The Commission "confirmed today that the popular Zhu Zhu toy is not out of compliance with the antimony or other heavy-metal limits of the new U.S. mandatory ...
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• BREAKING: Delran boy dies from falling television

  
  myBCTnow.com — Authority: 150
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  2 weeks ago

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