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Fisher-Price Recalls 7M Trikes Over Genital Bleeding Risk

Fisher-Price also recalling more than 3 million other toys

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 30, 2010 11:21 AM CDT

(Newser) – Fisher-Price is staging the biggest recall of the year, recalling more than 10 million toys due to safety concerns. The more than 7 million tricycles being recalled have a plastic ignition key that sticks out and can cause genital bleeding, the AP reports. The company is also recalling more than 1 million high chairs and 2.8 million baby toys over safety hazards.

This photo provided by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with Fisher Price, shows a recalled Fisher Price Trikes and Tough Trikes toddler tricycles.
This photo provided by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with Fisher Price, shows a recalled Fisher Price Trikes and Tough Trikes toddler tricycles.   (AP Photo/U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
This undated handout photo provided by the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) shows a Fisher-Price tricycle. Fisher-Price is recalling more than 10 million tricycles, toys and high chairs.
This undated handout photo provided by the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) shows a Fisher-Price tricycle. Fisher-Price is recalling more than 10 million tricycles, toys and high chairs.   (AP Photo/CPSC)
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plstyle
Sep 30, 2010 3:45 PM CDT
wow, what a bunch of cold hearted bastards.. Little kids hurting their genitals on a toy is HAR DE HAR HAR side busting laughs isnt it??
Nxxxx
Sep 30, 2010 3:34 PM CDT
They should spin positive: "It's ball-bustingly good fun!"
vapidvortex
Sep 30, 2010 1:12 PM CDT
C'mon kids...man up. We're all going to have a little genital bleeding in adulthood.

 
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