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Today, U.S. Senators Baldwin (D-WI), Casey (D-PA), and Collins (R-ME) introduced Esther’s Law which will ban the sale of hazardous water beads which pose an ingestion and toxicity hazard. The bipartisan bill will direct the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission… Read More

Earlier this month, there was a big recall of the Chuckle & Roar Ultimate Water Beads Activity Kits after the death of a 10-month-old child and serious injuries to a 9-month-old child. Water beads are made of small super-absorbent polymer… Read More

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) released two new reports, Toy Related Deaths and Injuries Calendar Year 2019 and Injuries and Deaths Associated with Nursery Products Among Children Younger than Age Five, which present data about emergency department injuries… Read More

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently released a new report, Toy-Related Deaths and Injuries Calendar Year 2018, which provides the latest data on deaths and emergency-department treated injuries associated with toys. The report found that in 2018, 17… Read More

The 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

When Kenny’s older brother, Ben, received two Magnetix sets for his 10th birthday, their mother was careful to keep the toy away from 21-month-old Kenny. What she could not have known was that as the older children played with the… Read More

The week of February 1-7 is National Burn Awareness Week and we want to share common types of children’s products that have been recalled recently because of burn hazards. They include pajamas, toys, and even accessories that you would never… Read More

Nancy Cowles, KID’s Executive Director, spent time this week at standard setting meetings for the ASTM International Toy Safety subcommittee.  These are her notes from the week: Monday, January 5, 2015: KID’s email alert went out for January – meanwhile,… Read More

At KID, we pride ourselves on giving a voice to parents and caregivers by giving them a seat at the table to ensure safety is the first priority when it comes to children’s products. However, the strength of our voice… Read More

In November, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) released their Toy-Related Deaths and Injuries Report for the year of 2013. The report states that in 2013, nine children under the age of twelve were lost due to toy-related fatalities,… Read More