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Advocates call for action on IKEA furniture tip-over
Posted on April 27, 2016Today, Kids In Danger (KID), Consumer Federation of America (CFA), Consumers Union and the National Center for Health Research called on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to secure a formal recall of IKEA furniture responsible for the deaths… Read More
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Q & A WITH 2016 KID BEST FRIEND RECIPIENT, LISA TURANO
Posted on April 25, 2016KID will host our annual Best Friend Award night on May 18. This year, we are honoring Lisa Turano- Turano Baking Company and The Turano Foundation. Read the Q & A below to find out more about Lisa and why she’s… Read More
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Make a Deal to Be Safe this Spring Season
Posted on April 19, 2016Spring and yard sales just go together. However, we here at KID want to remind you not to bargain with product safety and keep an eye out for dangerous, recalled products. Use our handy Yard Sale Safety Checklist as you… Read More
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The one place you should look for product reviews is probably the one place you aren’t
Posted on April 13, 2016Consumer reviews are everywhere these days. Before you see a movie, you might check out Rotten Tomatoes to see what other movie-goers thought of the film. Before venturing to a new restaurant, you might hop on Yelp or Open Table… Read More
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Top 5 tips for home window safety
Posted on April 4, 2016April 3rd– 9th is Window Safety Week. Windows rank as one of the Top 5 Hidden Hazards in the home according to the CPSC. Windows are especially dangerous because they can pose a number of threats to children. In 2015,… Read More
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Food recalls: what products have been recalled lately and how you can keep up
Posted on March 30, 2016It’s been a slow month for children’s product recalls, but there have been a few major food recalls in March that we want to share with parents and caregivers so they can keep the children in their care safe. Like… Read More
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Lots of treats to be had this Easter, just not Kinder eggs
Posted on March 25, 2016Since being with KID since 2012 I have been asked about certain products numerous times by parents and caregivers. One of these products is the Kinder Surprise egg, an Italian chocolate made by the Ferrero Company in the shape of… Read More
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Recalls drop, progress made in social media usage to increase recall awareness, but most recalled products remain in use
Posted on March 21, 2016KID has been tracking children’s product recalls from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for over a decade. It is a good measure both of what is entering the market that might be hazardous and the strength of our… Read More
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3 fast facts for National Poison Prevention week
Posted on March 18, 2016National Poison Prevention Week is a 7 day period designed to highlight the dangers of poisonings and how to prevent them. This is especially important because more than 2 million poisonings are reported each year to the 57 poison control… Read More
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Happy Anniversary SaferProducts.gov!
Posted on March 10, 2016In 2011, the CPSC launched SaferProducts.gov. SaferProducts.gov is a user-friendly, government-run, consumer incident database that provides safety reports on children’s products, allowing you to report an unsafe product, and contains information that can help you make a decision that will… Read More