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Children's vaccine recall Print Email
Dec. 12th 2007 -- Parents say it's painful to watch and little ones dread getting them, but Doctors stress that childhood immunizations are vital, especially Hib - a 3 dose shot usually given to infants starting at 2 months old. Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Joshua Sharfstein says, “It's a very important vaccine. It saved many children's lives."
 
MyThings Launches Targeted Recall Alerts For Your Things Print Email
MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- MyThings, Inc., (http://www.mythings.com) the global online registry of belongings, announces the launch of MyThings Recall Alert, a free new feature that allows people to be notified about product recalls that affect things they own. Unlike other services that send mass emails for every recall issued, MyThings Recall Alert only sends notices to members who own the item in question.

 
Scouts recall lead-tainted badges Print Email
Dec. 7th, 2007 -- The plastic badges with blue and yellow paint look innocent enough, but the Pioneer Valley Council Boy Scouts of America isn't taking any chances.
 
The First Years Recall RC2 Children's Feeding Seats Print Email
Dec. 7th, 2007 -- According to a recent press release from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), The First Years has recalled its Newborn-to-Toddler Reclining Feeding Seats.

 
RC2 Voluntarily Recalls Two Styles of 3-in-1 Flush & Sounds Potty Training Seats Print Email
Dec. 6, 2007 -- RC2 Corporation today announced that it is voluntarily recalling two styles of The First Years(R) 3-in-1 Flush & Sounds Potty training seats due to the discovery of excess levels of lead in surface paint on 5-inch rectangular plaques inserted into the backs of the training seats. Approximately 123,000 plaques were used in potty training seats sold to U.S. and Canadian mass and specialty retailers between April 2006 and August 2007. Approximately 37,000 additional plaques were not used in training seats and have been quarantined by the company. There have been no reports of illness or injury related to the plaques.

 
Groups Release Guide to Toxins in Toys Print Email
Dec.5th, 2007 -— Tests on more than 1,200 children's products, most of them still on store shelves, found that 35 percent contain lead — many with levels far above the federal recall standard used for lead paint.
 
Entertainment centers recall Print Email
Dec. 5, 2007 -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said the death of a year-old child has prompted the nationwide recall of about 138,000 entertainment centers.
 
Retailers to recall lead-based jewelry Print Email
Nov. 21, 2007 - More than a half-million pieces of Chinese-made children's jewelry contaminated with lead are being recalled, it was announced Wednesday.
 
Graco recalls infant car seats because of choking hazard Print Email
Nov. 20th 2007 - Graco Children's Products today said it's recalling more than 300,000 infant car seats because they pose a possible choking hazard.
 
Child's death leads to storage rack recall Print Email
Nov 16th 2007 - -- Wooden storage racks are being recalled following the death of an 8 month old boy who suffocated when one fell on him, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Friday.
 
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