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Gel fuel explosions likened to napalm resulted in a ban on the fuel earlier this year. CPSC is initiatinga rulemaking process addressing firepot and gel fuel safety.

The National Fire Protection Association and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission call for end to pourable gel fuels after fatal injuries from flash fires

The Consumer Product Safety Commission claims walking water balls are not safe for people to use.

Winter Bee unable to pay full penalty imposed by CPSC and gets most of it dismissed.

Daiso agreed to pay a $2 million fine for importing lead-contaminated toys, and also agreed to cease importing until it has established safety and recall programs.

Drawstrings on children's clothing can cause injury and death. Kids can become entangled by them while playing, so prevent these injuries and keep your children safe.

Follow-up of an earlier article detailing the latest clarification from the CPSC now indicating inventories of used children's clothing and other used children's products will be exempt from certification requirements.

The CPSC announced today eight companies failed to report the drawstrings on children's clothing as required by federal law and that their clothing items sold in stores pose a true hazard to the public.

Parents may find comfort in the fact that the CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) has announced new port strategies, which should help to ensure our children's products are much safer. Here are the recalls from Feb 25 - March 12, 2008.

According to the CPSC, since my last update on children's product and toy recalls, there have already been 7 more recalls. It has only been 7 days since that last update.

According to the CPSC, parents now have three more products to keep away or take away from children. All three products contain excessive levels of lead and should be immediately removed from the use of children.

HSN LP, formally known as the Home Shopping Network has agreed to pay $875,000 in civil penalties for failure to report a defect in pressure cookers sold to consumers.

In the year of 2007, there have been many recalls of children's products. Here is a compilation of the product recalls affecting children between December 21 and December 29, 2007.

With the year 2007 coming to a close soon, consumers can only hope that with that closing, there is also an end to the sale of these dangerous toys and other children's products. From just Dec 15 - Dec 21, I was able to find information for eight recalls.

Bon-Ton has recalled its Full Zip and Hooded Sweatshirts With Drawstrings, due to risk of strangulation. This was a voluntary recall, reported by the CPSC, in cooperation with Bon-Ton Inc.

According to a series of press releases from the CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission), pointed out by the New York Attorney General, several costume jewelry items have been recalled, due to excessive levels of lead.

There are probably zero consumers in the world who have not heard of the toy recalls plaguing the news every night.

Tests performed by CPSC staff indicate the great unreliability of at-home test kits for lead.

The CPSC announced October 12th the recall of two products, "Alyssa" Shag Rugs sold at J.C. Penney and Turtle Sprinklers sold by Ross Stores

The CPSC is urging ATV riders to take steps to avoid additional fatalities.

To their credit, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) put up a website where shoppers like you and I can peruse a database listing problem products before we spend our money.

This article will tell you where you can find recalls in case you miss any of my articles or I don't write one (as in the Honda recall).

Schylling Associates Inc., distributors of spinning top toys and tin pails targeted toward young children, has agreed to pay the CPSC a $200,000 civil penalty for violating federal lead paint standards.