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Baby Safety

Posted 1/22/10

Graco Recalls 1.5 Million Strollers After Injury Reports.

In a story appearing on at least 335 news websites, the AP (1/20) reported, "About 1.5 million Graco strollers sold at Wal-Mart, Target and other major retailers are being recalled after some children's fingertips were amputated by hinges on the products." Five children "had their fingertips severed and two children received cuts on their fingertips." In an announcement Wednesday, the CPSC "said the strollers pose an amputation and laceration hazard to children when opening or closing the canopy.

Bloomberg News (1/20, Richter) reported, "The recall covers those Graco Passage, Alano and Spree strollers and travel systems with a plastic, jointed hinge mechanism that has indented canopy positioning notches, the agency said."

The Atlanta Business Chronicle (1/20) reports, "The strollers were sold under the brands Passage, Alano and Spree Strollers and Travel Systems. The units were sold at AFES, Burlington Coat Factory, Babies R Us, Toys R Us, Kmart, Fred Meyer, Meijers, Navy Exchange, Sears, Target, Walmart and other retailers from October 2004 and December 2009."

CNN Money.com (1/20, Rooney) reported, "The CPSC said consumers should immediately stop using the recalled strollers and contact Graco to receive a free protective cover repair kit."

Posted 5/16/10

McNeil Consumer Healthcare is voluntarily recalling more than 40 children's medicines, including Infant Tylenol, Children’s Tylenol, Infant Motrin, Children’s Motrin, Children’s Zyrtec, and Children’s Benadryl. Visit this website to determine if yours is part of the recall.

http://www.mcneilproductrecall.com/

Posted 6/23/10

85% of Kids’ Drinks, Snacks Could Contain High Levels of Lead

Another day, another “uh oh.” The latest kerfuffle? Quantities of lead in bottled juice, juice boxes, and packaged fruit could exceed federal limits for the lunchbox-toting set, according to the Environmental Law Foundation. The Bay Area-based environmental nonprofit, which enlisted the aid of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-certified lab in Berkeley, tested nearly 400 samples from 150 branded products marketed to children, including apple juice, grape juice, packaged pears and peaches (including baby food), and fruit cocktail mixes. The alarming results: 125 out of 146 products—or more than 85%—contained enough lead in a single serving to warrant a warning label under California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, better known as Prop. 65.

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