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  • September 2008

    • Tot's Death Spurs Soccer Goal Recall

      NPR  |  Sep 17, 08 12:26 PM CDT

      Tot's Death Spurs Soccer Goal Recall

      (Newser) - Some 190,000 fold-up soccer goals are being recalled after the strangulation death of a Texas toddler, NPR reports. Distributor Regent Sports will replace all MacGregor and Mitre brand nets with a 5-inch grid sent in by customers. The 21-month-old child died last year when his head became entangled in the mesh as he climbed through the back of the net. The company has received other reports of children becoming trapped. More »

  • June 2008

    • US Firms Balk at EU Crackdown on Chemicals

      Washington Post  |  Jun 12, 08 1:57 PM CDT

      US Firms Balk at EU Crackdown on Chemicals

      (Newser) - The European Union has passed a series of tough new laws requiring companies to prove that the chemicals in their products are safe, the Washington Post reports. The rule is the exact opposite of US law—which requires proof that a chemical is dangerous before it can be regulated—and manufacturers say it will add billions to their costs. More »

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      cancer  • European Union  • public health  • chemicals  • product safety  • consumer safety

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • iPods OK for Pacemaker Patients, Study Says

      Reuters  |  Feb 1, 08 11:14 AM CST

      iPods OK for Pacemaker Patients, Study Says

      (Newser) - Heart patients who have both pacemakers and iPods can rest easy: The music devices don't affect the cardiac ones, reports Reuters. Two studies published last year suggested that iPods created electrical interference, but a new report by a team of FDA researchers concludes, “No interference effects can occur in pacemakers exposed to the iPods we tested." More »

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      Apple  • iPod  • product safety  • heart health  • portable media players

  • September 2007

    • China Launches Press Tours to Boost Product Image

      Reuters  |  Sep 20, 07 4:45 AM CDT

      China Launches Press Tours to Boost Product Image

      (Newser) - With the label "made in China" now carrying particularly negative associations in the wake of tainted products, the Chinese government is on a public relations offensive to convince the world its goods are safe. Journalists have been shown around gleaming drug factories on carefully choreographed tours, reports Reuters. Polls showing that 78% of Americans are concerned about the safety of Chinese products are clearly worrying Beijing officials. More »

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      China  • media  • safety  • recall  • product safety  • Made in China

    • Toymakers Play Games With Regulations

      Slate  |  Sep 12, 07 12:01 PM CDT

      Toymakers Play Games With Regulations

      (Newser) - The toy industry’s new safety-testing push may succeed in rebuilding trust, but it’s likely to leave dangerous ways unchecked—and the big guys know it, argues Slate’s E. Marla Felcher. The current scandals are matters of enforcement, not of the regulations themselves, but the new call for third-party testing looks, superficially, like a step forward. More »

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      Christmas  • recall  • toys  • Mattel  • toy recalls  • product safety  • lead

    • Mattel Plans 3rd Recall of Toys Made in China

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 4, 07 7:58 PM CDT

      Mattel Plans 3rd Recall of Toys Made in China

      (Newser) - Barbie accessories will be reined in by the hundreds of thousands by Mattel, which plans to recall another three quarters of a million Chinese-made toys due to dangerously high lead paint levels, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company's third recall this summer will also affect about 100,000 “GeoTrax” train toys and musical instruments for preschool children. More »

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      China  • recall  • Mattel  • product safety  • Barbie  • Walt Disney

  • August 2007
  • July 2007

    • Recipe for Disaster: Easy-Bake Oven + Kids

      Associated Press  |  Jul 20, 07 12:58 AM CDT

      Recipe for Disaster: Easy-Bake Oven + Kids

      (Newser) - A repair kit intended to make Easy-Bake Ovens safer hasn't done its job, forcing the manufacturer to issue its second recall in less than a year. Hasbro said yesterday that hundreds of children have caught hands or fingers in the oven doors, and the AP reports that one girl was burned so badly she had part of a finger amputated. More »

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      China  • recall  • product safety  • Hasbro  • product recall

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