Research

Additionally, KID regularly writes research reports on specific hazards such as fire and burn hazards, lead poisoning, sleep environment safety, public opinion on safety issues, or recall track records of major manufacturers.

Annual reports on CPSC Recalls of Children’s Products

• Recall Radar: Nursery Product Recalls in 2023 Highest in Over a Decade (pdf)
• Hidden Hazards: 2022 Children’s Product Recalls (pdf)
• Tracking Trends: 2021 Children’s Product Recalls (pdf)
• Tracking Trends: 2020 Children’s Product Recalls (pdf)
• Seeking Safety: 2019 Children’s Product Recalls (pdf)
• A KID Report: 2018 Children’s Product Recalls (pdf)
• A KID Report: 2017 Children’s Product Recalls and 2016 Recall Effectiveness (pdf)
• A KID Report Card: Children’s Product Recalls in 2016 (pdf) (with IKEA Addendum)
• Furniture Stability Report: A Review of Data and Testing Results — August 2016 (pdf)
• A KID Report Card: Children’s Product Recalls in 2015 — March 2016 (pdf)
• A Decade of Data: An In-depth Look at 2014 and a Ten-Year Retrospective on Children’s Product Recalls — February 2015 (pdf)
• After the Recall: Dangerous Products Remain in Homes — February 2014 (pdf)
• Safe Sleep, Safe Play: Children’s Product Recalls in 2012 — February 2013 (pdf)
• A Measure of Safety: Children’s Product Recalls in 2011 — March 2012 (pdf)
• Moving toward Safety: A look at children’s product recalls in 2010 and changes in children’s product safety — March 2011 (pdf)
• The Year of the Nursery Product Recall: A look at children’s product recalls in 2009 and changes in children’s product safety — March 2010 (pdf)
• Toxic Toys and Faulty Cribs: An examination of children’s product recalls in 2008, recall effectiveness at CPSC and the implications for child safety — April 2009 (pdf)
• 2007: Year of the Recall — February 2008 (pdf)
• Unexpected Danger: Children’s Product Recalls in 2006 — March 2007 (pdf)
• Dangers at Play: Children’s Product Recalls in 2005 — March 2006 (pdf)
• Hazards of Child Play: Children’s Product Recalls in 2004 — March 2005 (pdf)
• Safety Shortcuts: Children’s Product Recalls in 2003 — February 2004 (pdf)
• Five “What were they thinking, or were they?” Products Recalled in 2003 (pdf)
• A Minefield of Danger: Children’s Product Recalls in 2002 (pdf)
• Clear and Present Dangers:  Children’s Product Recalls in 2001 (pdf)

Additional research reports

• Recall Reality: Are They Failing Our Children? (Fall 2024) (pdf)
• Consumer Recall Survey (Fall 2024) (pdf)
• Checkup On SaferProducts.gov (Fall 2023) (pdf)
• Halloween Recall Report (Fall 2022) (pdf)
• Summer Safety: Product Injury Patterns for Children (Summer 2022). (pdf)
• Checkup on SaferProducts.gov. (pdf)
• Shopping Safely When Buying Secondhand. (pdf)
• Magnet Ingestion: Are We Moving in the Right Direction to Ensure Children’s Safety? (pdf)
• A Long Way to Transparency: CPSC and Recalling Companies Lagging in Publicizing Recalls on Social Media. (pdf)
• Lead-Tainted: Analysis of Children’s Products Recalled for Violating Federal Lead Guidelines Between 2003 – May 2020. (pdf)
• Recalls Online: Missed Opportunities for Engagement (KID report). (pdf)
• US PIRG and KID Survey: Recalled Infant Sleepers found in child care facilities.(pdf)
• Safety Scare: Halloween Product Recalls, Reports, and Injuries. (pdf)
• Summer Safety: Product Injury Patterns for Children, July 2018. (pdf)
• High Chair Safety: Injuries and Recalls
• Playing with Fire Hazards: An analysis of children’s products recalled for fire and burn hazards from June 2007 to July 2017
• TEST: Teach Early Safety Testing: The Case for Expanded Product Safety Design Training (High School Version) (pdf)
• Choking Hazards: Are Current Product Testing Methods for Small Parts Adequate?
• New Study Highlights Safe Sleep Decision Making Around the World (pdf)
• Upholding the Law: Online Retailers Continue to Sell Crib Bumper Pads Despite Bans in Chicago and Maryland (pdf)
• Memo: New Study Demonstrates Lack of Adherence to Safe Sleep Guidelines in Child Product Retail and Advertisement (pdf)
• Safety Standards Work: How Toy Safety Standards Elicit Dramatic Drops in Recalls and Preventable Injuries (pdf)
• Furniture Stability: a review of data and testing results (pdf)
• A Closer Look at Pacifier Safety and Recalls (pdf)
• Safe Products and Child Care: An Illinois Snapshot, October 2014 (pdf)
• Summer Safety: Product Injury Patterns for Children, July 2014 (pdf)
• Two-Year Checkup: SaferProducts.gov (pdf)
• Public Opinion on Children’s Product Safety (pdf)
• Analysis of CPSC-Supplied Data on Magnet Related Injuries (pdf)
• Straight from the Source: An Analysis of Reports on Children’s Products at SaferProducts.gov (pdf)
• Illinois Parent Survey on Product Safety December 2009 (pdf)
• Unsafe While Sleeping: Children’s Sleep Environment Recalls, September 2007 – November 2009 — December 2009 (pdf)
• Summer Safety: Product Injury Patterns in Children Under Six— August 2008 (pdf)
• Total Recall: the Need for CPSC Reform Now (pdf)
  A joint report by Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Kids In Danger, National Research Center for Women &amp& Families, Public Citizen and US PIRG
• Smoldering Hazards: Fire and Burn Hazards of Children’s Product Recalls, 2002-2007 — August 2007 (pdf)
• Playing with Poison: Lead Poisoning Hazards of Children’s Product Recalls 1990 – 2004 — August 2004 (pdf)
• False Sense of Security: Recall Histories of Leading Children’s Product Manufactures 1993-2003 (pdf)
• A Burning Threat: Fire and Burn Hazards of Children’s Product Recalls 1992 to 2002 (pdf)

Case Studies

Read the case study written by David Zivan,
The Playskool Travel-Lite Crib “which discusses the design, development, marketing, sale, and recall of the Playskool Travel-Lite”.

“This case is free of charge: it is in the public domain and may be downloaded and reproduced without permission, thanks to the generosity of the James S. Kemper Foundation, which provided an Ethics in Business Grant to the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago.”

A two-page flyer summarizing the case study is also available in pdf format.