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KID Provided a Consumer Voice at ICPHSO Conference
Posted on February 29, 2024Last week, KID traveled to Orlando for the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization’s (ICPHSO) Annual Meeting and Training Symposium. The event brings together many different product safety stakeholders including manufacturers, retailers, consumer advocates, labs, regulators and those that work with… Read More
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New KID Report Finds Highest Number of Recalls Since 2013 and Recalls for Lead Skyrocketed
Posted on March 14, 2023Today, 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
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TJX Companies, Inc. to Pay $13 Million in Fines
Posted on August 12, 2022The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced last week that TJX Companies, Inc has agreed to pay $13 million in civil penalties to settle charges of selling recalled products at TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, and Marshalls stores. Between March 2014 and… Read More
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Recalled Nursery Products and Magnets Account for High Number of Child Deaths: New KID Report
Posted on March 17, 2022KID released our annual report, Tracking Trends: Children’s Product Recalls in 2021, analyzing the children’s products recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Read our press release here with statements from KID Executive Director Nancy Cowles, Congresswoman Jan… Read More
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Representing KID at International Consumer Product Symposium
Posted on November 2, 2021By: Dev Gowda, Assistant Director Last week, I spoke at a plenary session at International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO)’s International Symposium with Sarah-Jane Dobson of Kennedys Law and Ian Moverly of Whirlpool, moderated by George Borlase of… Read More
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A Long Way to Transparency: CPSC and Recalling Companies Lagging in Publicizing Recalls on Social Media
Posted on September 18, 2020The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and manufacturers of children’s products are still not using all methods available to spread awareness about recalls. Social media is a fairly simple and effective way companies and the CPSC can draw attention… Read More
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KID Identifies 38 Reported Child Deaths in Annual Recall Report
Posted on March 23, 2020Today, KID released Seeking Safety: 2019 Children’s Product Recalls, our annual report on children’s products recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). According to the report, 2019 saw the largest number of children’s deaths reported prior to recall… Read More
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Toy Troubles
Posted on November 26, 2019The holidays are quickly approaching, which means thousands of new toys will be given as gifts. Amidst the holiday cheer, it is important to remember the potential dangers that toys can pose. Today, KID joined Illinois PIRG along with U.S…. Read More
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Week in Review: KID’s Visit to D.C.
Posted on September 13, 2019This week, KID was in our nation’s capital meeting with decision makers to advocate for children’s product safety. With our coalition partners U.S. PIRG, The American Academy of Pediatrics, and Child Care Aware, we met with the U.S. CPSC Acting… Read More
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New KID Report Finds Missed Opportunities to Alert Consumers to Recalls by Companies, CPSC
Posted on September 5, 2019Today, KID released a new report detailing missed opportunities in sharing recall information. We found that an alarming number of recalling companies didn’t post about their recalled children’s products on their website or social media. Between July 2017 and June… Read More