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On Wednesday, April 21, 2010, Kids In Danger will present the Best Friend Award to Dr. Gary Smith for his pioneering work in the field of childhood injury prevention. The event reception includes exciting live and silent auctions. You can… Read More

In KID’s look at 2009 recalls, we noticed that many children’s product manufacturers had multiple recalls. Fifteen manufacturers reported more than one recall. Dorel Juvenile Group and Evenflo Co. Inc. lead in product recalls with five each. Evenflo recalled two… Read More

Allreds Design Baby Bracelets and Pacifier Clips, sold at resale stores and other consignment retailers nationwide, have been recalled due to bracelets and pacifier clip clasps containing high levels of lead. Allreds Design received one report of a 10-month-old child… Read More

Calling all families…. Kids In Danger is creating a new video to educate parents and caregivers about children’s product safety. We need recent home movies of baby showers, bringing baby home from the hospital, first birthdays, etc to help narrate… Read More

CPSC recently updated shopping cart injury data. Between 2006 and 2008 there were an estimated 21, 065 ER treated injuries associated with shopping carts among children under the age of five. Most of these events involved head and face injuries… Read More

The CPSC has recently made available the seven names of the members of CHAP who will review three temporarily banned phthalates as mandated by CPSIA. More information about members’ professional information and more can be gathered from the Product Safety… Read More

RC2 Corp., based in Oak Brook, IL, will pay a $1.25 million civil penalty for allegedly violating the federal ban on lead paint in children’s toys. The settlement resolves the allegations that RC2 corp. and its subsidiary Learning Curve Brands… Read More

Today the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall affecting more than 50 million Roman shades and roll-up blinds due to a strangulation hazard for children. Strangulation can occur with Roman shades when a child places their neck in… Read More

Recalls of children’s sleep environment products by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have totaled over 9 million units in the last two years, culminating with the largest crib recall in history of Stork Craft’s 2.1 million drop-side cribs… Read More