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Bumbo Baby Seat Recall: Injury Risk in Falls

Bumbo Recalls 4 Million Baby Seats As of August 15, 2012, roughly four million Bumbo Baby Seats have been voluntarily recalled by Bumbo International Trust, the second recall of the product since 2007. Since 2007,...

Pottery Barn Kids Bed Canopy Recall: Canopy Could Collapse

Pottery Barn Kids Recalls Madeline Bed Canopy The Madeline Bed Canopy, sold by Pottery Barn Kids in the USA and Canada, is being recalled. According to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), there is a...

Bravo Sports Pogo Stick Recall

Pogo Stick Recall: Bravo Sports Recalls 169,000 Pogo SticksBravo Sports is recalling roughly 169,000 pogo sticks due to a manufacturing defect. The pogo stick frame and the pin holding the spring in place are...

Brazilian Blowout Found to Contain Formaldehyde in Oregon Tests

Brazilian Blowout: Hair Straightener Tests Positive for Formaldehyde The hair straightening product Brazilian Blowout is under the magnifying glass after local testing revealed the presence of...

Chuck E. Cheese Toy Recall: Star Glases & Light Up Rings

Chuck E. Cheese: 1.2 Million Promotional Toys Recalled  Pizza chain Chuck E. Cheese is recalling 1.2 million promotional toys due to faulty battery enclosures. The affected toys are Star Glasses and Light-Up...

Garmin Nuvi Recall: GPS Fire Hazard

1.25 Million Garmin Nuvi GPS Units Recalled Garmin has recalled 1.25 million of its Nuvi GPS units due to the risk of fire posed by the third-party batteries mounted in the device. So far, a handful of incidents...

IKEA Blinds Recall Due to Strangulation Risk

IKEA recalls Roller Blinds, Roman Blinds, Roll-Up Blinds IKEA is adding to a previous blinds recall, and is recalling an additional 3 million Roller, Roman and Roll-Up blinds sold between January 1998 and June 2009....

Honda Recall: Honda Fit, Honda Jazz, Honda City

Honda will recall 646,000 vehicles due to potentially faulty window switches. The Honda recall affects the Honda Fit hatchback, which is called the Honda Jazz in the UK and the Honda City in Asia. The Honda recall is focused on the driver-side window switch, which can melt or...

Graco Stroller Recall 2010: Risk of Finger Amputation

Graco Children's Products has announced a Graco stroller recall due to the risk of finger amputation from the canopy hinges. So far, five children have had fingertips cut off, and two more have gotten cut by the...

Dollarama Recalls Slimosaurus Toy Complete with Organic Solvents

Slimosaurus BlowUp Goop With a Dinosaur Fossil balloon-blowing kits by Dollarama contain organic solvents. They are being recalled.  A full product description follows. " Full Product Description This recall involves the Slimosaurus balloon-blowing kits by Dollarama....

Blinds Recall: CPSC Announces Record Blinds/Roman Shade Recall

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) has announced a recall on Roman shades and roll-up blinds. The voluntary blinds recall affects over 25 million units. According to CPSC, five children have been...

MTD Recalls Log Splitters Due to Amputation Hazard

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada have issued a recall notice for MTD log splitters.  The following full description shows that these log splitters are sold at many stores under various names." Brand NameModel NumberSold In: MTD Gold...

RaceORama Cars Dinner Plates Have Lead & Cadmium in Glaze

Enesco Canada in cooperation with Health Canada are recalling RaceORama Cars dinner plates because of the high levels of lead and cadmium in their colourful glazes. Food placed on these dinner plates can dissolve...

Evenflo Recalls Baby Toy in Canada and U.S.

Evenflo in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, is recalling a baby toy called Cake Toy on 1-2-3 Tea for Me.  Full description follows. " This recall involves the cake toy on 1-2-3 Tea for MeTM ExerSaucers® by Evenflo®. The...

Belkin TuneBase Products Subject to Recall

Belkin TuneBase products subject to recall.  These products are devices for docking and recharging your iPod by plugging into the car's cigarette lighter.  Full product description follows. "This recall involves the following Belkin products, which play and...

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