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Category: recalls

Children’s Tylenol, Motrin, Benedry Recalled by McNeil Consumer Healthcare

Posted on: May 2, 2010

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Thank you to a reader (Thanks Heather!) for emailing me about this today. I was busy with my 4 year old at a Chuck E Cheese party and hadn’t even a moment to sit down today. Anyway, McNeil Consumer Healthcare announced a voluntary recall of several brands of Children’s medication including Children and Infant Tylenol, [...]

Recall Alert: Maclaren Recalling Strollers Due to 12 Fingertip Amputations

Posted on: Nov 9, 2009

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We generally don’t post recalls, here, but this is a big one, and so many of my friends have Maclaren strollers. They’re one of the most popular lightweight strollers out there. So when I found out they were recalling one million of them because of severed fingers, I figured, I should probably scrape the [...]

Crib Recalls – What To Do?

Posted on: Jan 14, 2009

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I was just interviewed by the Palm Beach Post regarding the latest slew of crib recalls announced by Jardine. Since then over 500,000 cribs have been recalled by Stork Craft as well, urging parents to stop using the crib immediately. In the case of the Jardine cribs, instances of crib slats were breaking creating a [...]

Mylicon Gas Relief Recalled for Risk of Metal

Posted on: Nov 14, 2008

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I was tipped off by a friend on Facebook about a recent recall of Mylicon Gas Relief drops for infants. Apparently, Johnson & Johnson and Merck Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling 12,000 units of Infants’ MYLICON® Gas Relief Dye Free Non-Staining Drops 1 oz. manufactured after October 5, 2008 in the 1oz plastic bottles due to [...]

SafeMama’s Safer Toy Guide 2008!

Posted on: Nov 7, 2008

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We know many of you are a little ill at the thought of holiday shopping for kids stuff this year (or perhaps at the thought of starting your shopping). After last years “Year of the Recall” scares, making holiday toy purchases makes my stomach churn. Or did. We didn’t get to it last year but [...]

Thomas the Train Paying $30 Million for Lead

Posted on: Jan 23, 2008

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The popular toymaker responsible for the lovable Thomas the Train wooden toy line is settling the class action lawsuit over the lead paint recall fiasco last year at the bargain price of $30 Million plus a nice little $2.9 Million in legal fees. RC2′s (RCRC) proposed settlement received preliminary approval in the Circuit Court of [...]

Velvet Boppy Pillow Slipcovers Recalled

Posted on: Nov 22, 2007

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I have already decided that I do not want or need to post every time a recall comes about. The feeds pull in from the left side and parents can subscribe or read them there. Posting about them would be overkill. But I wanted to draw attention to the Boppy Slipcover recall because many of [...]

Another Win For China!

Posted on: Nov 11, 2007

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The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine in Hong Kong confirmed the toy Aqua Dots was made using the industrial chemical 1,4-butanediol (the date-rape-drug). When ingested, the chemical metabolizes into the “date-rape” drug gamma hydroxy butyrate, also known as GHB, which can cause breathing problems, loss of consciousness, seizures, drowsiness, coma and death. [...]