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This week marks 61 years of observance of National Poison Prevention Week and while child poisoning deaths have fallen by 73% since 1972, we still have ways to go. A new Consumer Product Safety Commission report showed that of the… Read More

Today, KID released our annual report, Hidden Hazards: 2022 Children’s Products Recalls, at a press conference at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago with Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Dr. Karen Sheehan of Lurie Children’s, Illinois PIRG, and… 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

While much progress has been made, lead continues to be discovered in children’s products (See Lead Blog Part One). Learn how the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) helped reduce the rate of children’s products violating federal lead guidelines and… Read More

While much progress has been made, lead is routinely discovered in children’s products. Learn how you can identify lead exposure in children and prevent lead-tainted products from entering your home: CDC Symptom Checklist When children are exposed to lead, they… Read More

March 18th – March 24th is National Poison Prevention Week. In addition to our work keeping poisons out of products, KID participates in awareness campaign such as this to educate caregivers and protect children from poisoning hazards. It can be… Read More

This year, National Poison Prevention Week falls on the week of March 19-25. In order to draw attention to common poisoning hazards, we’ve put together a list of a few recent recalls that highlight the dangers of lead, button batteries,… Read More

As we have done every year since 2002, today KID released our report on children’s product recalls from the past year.  In 2012, the number of children’s product recalls continued to decline to 97, the lowest number since 2004.   But… Read More

CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum recently released a statement urging parents, grandparents, and caregivers to prevent young children from wearing or playing with cheap metal jewelry. Children’s jewelry has been repeatedly found to contain lead, cadmium and or other dangerous heavy… Read More

Last week, the Consumer Product Safety Commission voted to lift the stay on testing requirements for some products, including rattles, bike helmets and bunk beds when it expires on February 10, 2010, but will continue the stay for another year… Read More