Defective Products’
Child Car Safety Seats Recalled Because of Harness Failures
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Britax Child Safety is recalling more than 14,000 infant car seats because of a possible risk of harness failure that could expose a child to the injury hazards in an accident. About 14,220 infant car seats are included in the recall which has been announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
According to the company, the recall is linked to a potential defect in the harness adjuster, which can cause the harness to fail to restrain the child. This could cause the harness to become detached from the seat, rendering the straps unable to restrain the child. The National...
Defective Children’s Toys Seized at Houston Port
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Federal consumer safety investigators have seized more than 25,000 defective children's toys at the Port of Houston, more than any other consumer product imported into this country. Those toys included a number of hazards, ranging from choking and strangulation hazards to lead poisoning risks.
The approximately 25,000 toys that were seized were part of 117,000 foreign products that were seized at the Port of Houston between 2010 and 2011. These recalled products included lighters, mattresses, and electronic devices.
The Port of Houston is one of the busiest ports in the country, and not surprisingly, 19 federal investigators have been assigned to...
Concerns about Safety Risks of Painkiller Zohydro
Friday, January 6th, 2012
Concerns about the potential addiction risks of a new painkiller are beginning to mount. Experts say that the painkiller Zohydro is at least 10 times more addictive than Vicodin. It contains a pure version of hydrocodone, a painkiller that is often used to treat moderate to severe pain. In fact, Houston personal injury lawyers are already concerned that the addiction risks of Zohydro could equal those of Oxycontin.
Those concerns are being also echoed by the National Coalition against Prescription Drug Abuse, whose chairman recently told Fox News that he was concerned that Zohydro could become the next...
Portable Grills Recalled Due to Fire Risk
Thursday, January 5th, 2012
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is drawing attention to the recall of more than 4,500 portable gas grills, because of the risk of gas leak and fire hazards.
The 4500 O-Grill portable gas grills were manufactured by Uni-O Industries Corp. of Xiamen, China. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission recall alert, these grills may leak gas, and pose a potential explosion and fire hazard. The recall includes the Iroda-o grill models 1000 and 3000. The models were manufactured before 2010. These were sold across the country at major retailers between November 2008 and December 2010.
The gas grills...
FDA Warns of Injuries from Drug Mix-up
Saturday, December 31st, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration is warning health-care workers of the very real risk of errors while using two separate health-care products that have similar sounding names. The first product is a wart remover, and the other is an eye salve.
The wart removal product is called Durasal, and has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The eye salve cream is called Durezol and has received FDA approval. The agency is aware of at least one incident in which a pharmacist mixed up the 2 drugs. The patient was given the wrong drug, and suffered serious injuries...
CPSC Recalls Children’s Robes Due to Fire Risks
Thursday, December 29th, 2011
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall of children's robes, because these don't meet federal inflammability standards, and are susceptible to fires.
The recall involves more than 1,000 fleece robes for children that were imported by Hanna Andersson of Oregon. The robes were manufactured in China. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, these robes do not meet inflammability standards, and pose a possible burning hazard to a child.
So far, there have been no injuries reported from the use of these robes, but the Consumer Product Safety Commission believes that the risk is strong enough to recall the...
Enfamil Formula Maker Insists Product Is Safe, Even As Retailers Pull Product from Shelves
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company, the manufacturer of Enfamil Premium Newborn formula insists that the product is completely safe, and has been properly tested, even as retailers around the country rushed to pull the formula from their shelves.
Last week, a 10-day-old boy in Missouri died after he contracted a deadly bacterial infection. He had been fed the Enfamil Newborn formula which his parents had purchased at a Wal-Mart in Missouri. Wal-Mart reacted immediately by pulling the product from more than 3,000 stores nationwide. Now, other retailers including Safeway and Walgreens say that they will pull the Enfamil Newborn formula from...
Calls for Recall of Wingspan Stent System Grow Louder
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
A former official with the Food and Drug Administration has joined a growing number of voices calling for the recall of the Wingspan stent system manufactured by Stryker. This medical device has been associated with an increased risk of suffering strokes and death.
According to consumer safety group Public Citizen, a recent study conducted by the National Institutes of Health found that persons with a Wingspan stent have a 2.5 times increased risk of suffering a stroke or death. Public Citizen has asked the Food and Drug Administration to have the device removed from the market.
The study investigated 150 patients...
Company to Pay $600,000 for Failure to Report Defective Toys
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Build-A-Bear Workshop has agreed to pay $600,000 in penalties to federal safety regulators to settle charges that the company failed to report defects in its toy beach chairs.
The company will pay the money to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. According to the allegations against the company, Build-A-Bear Workshop failed to notify the Consumer Product Safety Commission when it became aware of a defect in its product. The defect involves sharp edges on the beach chair’s wooden frame. The sharp edges can cause cuts, lacerations and other wounds. They can even be severe enough to amputate a child’s...
Holiday Decorating Injuries on the Rise
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Tis the season to be jolly, but more and more people seem to be neglecting safety when they're caught up in the spirit of the holidays. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, there has been an increase in the number of people being taken to emergency rooms after suffering injuries while decorating trees and homes for the holidays.
There has been a rise in the number of injuries occurring in falls from ladders while stringing lights, cuts, wounds and lacerations from broken glass ornaments and other decorating-related injuries. More than 30,000 people were injured in these activities, and had...
