News tagged with consumer safety
US study finds carcinogens in kids' bath products
Dozens of popular children's bath products marketed in the United States contain two cancer-causing chemicals, a consumer safety watchdog group said in a report published Friday.
Mar 14, 2009 |
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McDonald's pulls cadmium-tainted 'Shrek' glasses
(AP) -- Cadmium has been discovered in the painted design on "Shrek"-themed drinking glasses being sold nationwide at McDonald's, forcing the burger giant to recall 12 million of the cheap U.S.-made collectibles ...
Jun 04, 2010 |
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Exploding iPhone incident follows iPod reports
A French teenager's claim that an Apple iPhone shattered in his face is a first involving the device but similar incidents have occurred with the iPod according to a US television station.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 13, 2009 |
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HP recalls laptop batteries over fire hazard
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is recalling some 70,000 batteries for notebook computers because of a fire hazard, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Thursday.
May 14, 2009 |
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Hewlett-Packard recalling 54K laptop batteries
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. is recalling 54,000 lithium-ion batteries used in HP and Compaq computers after receiving reports of injuries from the batteries overheating and rupturing.
May 21, 2010 |
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Court orders FDA action on antibiotic use on farms
(AP) -- A federal court judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to take action on its own 35-year-old rule that would stop farmers from mixing popular antibiotics into animal feed, a practice which is widely believed ...
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Child-proof ignition safety lock for adult-sized ATVs developed
In 2009, an estimated 32,400 children under the age of 16 were treated at emergency rooms for injuries and 61 were killed in All-Terrain Vehicle accidents, according to statistics from the U.S. Consumer Product ...
May 05, 2011 |
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Toward safer plastics that lock in potentially harmful plasticizers
Scientists have published the first report on a new way of preventing potentially harmful plasticizers — the source of long-standing human health concerns — from migrating from one of the most widely used ...
Feb 03, 2010 |
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Feds say glasses with lead are kids' products
(AP) -- It didn't take long for federal regulators to put new rules on what makes a consumer product a "children's product" to a very public test.
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Expert examines main points of new food safety measure
(PhysOrg.com) -- Congress just passed the first major food safety measure in the United States in more than 60 years. Given the recent and frequent deadly foodborne illness outbreaks, this is welcome news to many Americans. ...
Dec 23, 2010 |
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Automakers embrace high-tech in safety drive
Automakers displaying the latest technology at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) are relying on sensors, digital cameras and connectivity in a drive towards a common goal -- eliminating accidents.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Kroger uses technology to stop flow of recalled items
Supermarkets across the country cleared the shelves of more than 2,600 items recalled after salmonella contamination was found in some products made by the Peanut Corp. of America.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 11, 2009 |
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NY senator calls for cadmium ban in kids' jewelry
(AP) -- Reports of high cadmium content in children's jewelry imported from China have prompted a senior U.S. senator to press for legislation that would ban the toxic heavy metal as a hazardous substance ...
Jan 13, 2010 |
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Study links reduced fertility to flame retardant exposure
Women with higher blood levels of PBDEs, a type of flame retardant commonly found in household consumer products, took longer to become pregnant compared with women who have lower PBDE levels, according to a new study by ...
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Kids' science kits may take hit from safety ruling
(AP) -- One of the tools that teachers use to get kids jazzed about science - hands-on science kits - could face an uncertain future amid a debate on safety.
Sep 29, 2010 |
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