September 30, 2011
More than 1.7 million toy workshop and tool sets from toy-maker Little Tikes are being recalled because of choking concerns. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the play tool sets have oversized, plastic toy nails that might cause young children …
September 27, 2011
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says a Natchez, Miss.-based company that makes off-road buggies has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $715,000. The commission said Friday that the settlement resolves its claims that Bad Boy Enterprises, LLC, failed …
September 15, 2011
Thousands of dehumidifiers are being recalled for a second time after being blamed for more house fires. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says LG Electronics Tianjin Appliance Co. is again announcing a recall of Goldstar and Comfort-Aire dehumidifiers because they …
August 5, 2011
The Consumer Product Safety Commission, the federal consumer watchdog agency, said Wednesday that Black & Decker agreed to pay a $960,000 civil penalty to settle allegations it knowingly failed to report some safety problems with its Grasshog XP Weed Trimmer/Edger. …
July 12, 2011
Macy’s Inc has agreed to pay a $750,000 fine for failing to report for four years that it had sold kids’ clothes with drawstrings at the neck, a strangulation hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Monday. The CPSC …
July 1, 2011
Sparklers, bottle rockets and small firecrackers sent about 1,900 injured consumers to emergency rooms, according to new data released by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The data shows that in 2010, during the 30 days surrounding July 4, …
June 28, 2011
Since 2007, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recalled more than 11 million dangerous cribs. These recalls follow 3,584 reports of crib incidents, which resulted in 1,703 injuries and 153 deaths. In response, U.S. Senators and U.S. Consumer …