KID Blog

Today, the U.S. House passed a number of important children’s product safety bills that would protect children from hazardous products by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 325 to 103. The Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth (STURDY) Act… Read More

A team of students at Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science were challenged by KID to solve a top safety priority for many parents and caregivers – protecting children from button cell batteries. While toys require battery… Read More

It’s an historic day for safe infant sleep! Today, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) passed a mandatory safety standard that would regulate infant sleep products by a 3-1 bipartisan vote. The new rule, which goes into effect in… Read More

On Wednesday, June 2, 2021, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is scheduled to vote on a final rule that would ensure currently unregulated products marketed or intended to be sleep products for infants up to five months of age… Read More

KID released a new report titled Checkup on SaferProducts.gov, analyzing incident reports related to children’s products submitted to SaferProducts.gov, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)’s public database where consumers can submit and view incidents related to unsafe products. KID’s report examines the… Read More

By: Hope Rosenfeld and Alice Burgess, Rush Medical College; and Dev Gowda, Kids In Danger High powered magnets are shiny magnetic balls that can be fashioned into endless shapes and patterns, and are very appealing to children. However, they have… Read More

Today, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Peloton announced a recall of the company’s Tread+ treadmills. The announcement comes after reports of injuries and at least one death, and a warning from the CPSC last month to avoid using… Read More

After the death of one child and several injuries, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a warning about the Peloton Tread+ treadmill (formerly called the Tread). The CPSC explains that it “found that the public health and safety… Read More

Join us on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 from 6:30-8pm Central for an exclusive virtual wine tasting with Napa Valley’s Priest Ranch and a chance to hear all the latest news from KID. Purchase tickets here. Deadline to purchase wine tasting tickets is April 18, 2021 to… Read More

Today, KID released Tracking Trends: Children’s Product Recalls in 2020 analyzing the children’s products recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Read our press release featuring quotes from Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Parents Against Tip-overs, Illinois PIRG, and Illinois… Read More