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[20 Jan 2010 | Comments Off | 27 views]
600,000 Dorel Baby Cribs Recalled Due To Suffocation Hazard

600,000 drop side and non-drop side cribs manufactured by Dorel Asia SRL have been recalled due to the risk of suffocation to infants and toddlers.

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[24 Dec 2009 | Comments Off | 15 views]
Polaris Industries Recalls Certain ATVs Due to Crash Hazard

2009-2010 Polaris All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) have been voluntarily recalled by Polaris Industries because the front suspension ball joint stem can separate from the steering knuckle and cause the rider to lose steering control, posing a risk of injury or death to riders

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[23 Nov 2009 | Comments Off | 2 views]
Regulators Push Safety Standards for ATV’s

For parents wanting to provide their children some good, clean off-roading fun, the Fushin, a smaller-than-normal all-terrain vehicle, seemed just the thing. Except the Chinese import with jaunty yellow paint and a low $250 price tag was missing one feature: front brakes.
As the New York Times reports, in the $5 billion market for A.T.V.’s, the skyrocketing growth of Chinese imports is becoming the latest challenge for the CPSC, which is starting a global campaign to improve the safety of a product that kills more people — about 900 a year …

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[23 Nov 2009 | Comments Off | 5 views]
Largest Crib Recall in US History Announced

The CPSC is about to announce one of the largest crib recalls in United States history, involving cribs with dropdown sides, fearing they may be unsafe, even deadly