By U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Published: Thursday, Jun. 23, 2011 – 9:39 am WASHINGTON, June 23, 2011 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name ... Read more
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Toy Dart Guns Recalled for Suffocation Risk After 2 Children Die
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May
By Bill Hendrick WebMD Health News May 17, 2010 — Nearly 2 million toy dart gun sets that have been linked to two asphyxiation deaths in the Midwest are being recalled by Charlotte, N.C.-based Family Dollar Stores, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said today. The China-made toys, sold exclusively at Family ... Read more
Baby sling warning: Sling may cause suffocation
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Mar
March 10, 2010 By: Jackie Soto, WGN News CHICAGO – A new warning for parents: Your baby can suffocate if you carry them in popular infant slings, that strap around your chest. The head of the Consumer Product Safety commission says there have been too many deaths linked to the slings ... Read more
FDA Reportedly Finds Diabetes Drug Avandia Can Hurt Heart
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Feb
February 20, 2010 Reuters WASHINGTON — Confidential U.S. government reports recommend that GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s diabetes drug Avandia be pulled from the market because it can hurt the heart, The New York Times reported on Friday. The newspaper said the findings, which it said it obtained, reported that if all diabetics now taking Avandia were ... Read more