Safety News
The American Academy of Pediatrics and other safety groups have long recommended against the use of crib bumpers because of links to suffocation and infant death. Now, the Consumer Product S... Read more
The best treatment for children with concussion is still somewhat unclear. Guidelines exist but many of the recommendations are based on expert opinion, not research. Current guidelines sugg... Read more
I think we already could have guessed this, but the risk of a crash in novice drivers is increased by distractions, specifically by performing secondary tasks. These tasks included looking a... Read more
A report from the CDC shows that the number of head injuries in children increased by 62% between 2001 and 2009, and the rate (number of visits per 100,000 children) rose by 57%. However, mo... Read more
Georgia has passed a new law raising the age of mandatory use of a booster seat from children under 6 years to children under 8 years of age. Effective July 1, 2011, all children under the a... Read more
The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated its recommendations for child car safety. The recommendations raises the time that a baby should face backwards age to two years of age (former... Read more
The FDA and the Consumer Product Safety Commission have issued a warning that infant sleep positioners should not be used. They cite 12 known cases of suffocation over the past 13 years. B... Read more
Mattel and the CPSC have announced a recall of about 7.3 million Polly Pockets playsets with magnets, sold from 2003 through 2006. They have also recalled 1 million Doggie Day Care sets, Bar... Read more
Mattel and the CPSC have announced the recall of about 250,000 “Sarge” die cast toy cars due to lead paint. They were sold from May to August, 2007. This recall follows a much la... Read more
Fisher-Price has recalled almost 1 million toys due to lead paint. The toys are popular Sesame Street, Dora, and other named toys sold from April to August 2007. A full list, with pictures,... Read more
About 1.5 million Thomas and Friends wooden cars and parts have been recalled due to lead paint. The toys were sold from January 2005 to June 2007. The sets are made by RC2 Corporation. More... Read more
All bottles and lots of Listerine Agent Cool Blue plaque-detecting rinse have been recalled by the manufacturer. Johnson and Johnson is concerned that the preservative might not be completel... Read more
Last week, Consumer Reports published an evaluation of infant car seats in which most seats failed at impact speeds of 35-38 mph, which is faster than government car seat tests but the same... Read more
This report has been retracted by Consumer Reports. See this story for more information. Consumer Reports has tested major brands of infant car seats and found that most of them failed thei... Read more