Defective & Dangerous Products

• Dangerous Toys(3)

  Donald Caminiti | December 18, 2007 11:40 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  With the Christmas season upon us, a state legislative committee last week endorsed a bill that would allow New Jersey to create its own list of dangerous toys to ban from store shelves.Currently, the USCPSC is the only governmental agency that can recall products. The state bill (A-250) would empower the director of the state Division of Consumer Affairs to generate an unsafe and recalled toy...

• Dangerous toys

  Donald Caminiti | December 13, 2007 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, incooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntaryrecall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop usingrecalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Horseshoe MagnetsUnits: About 153,000Importer: United Scientific, of Waukegan, Ill.Hazard: Surface paint on the magnets...

• Defective Products

  Donald Caminiti | December 11, 2007 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The Colgate-Palmolive Company warned that counterfeit toothpaste falsely packaged as "Colgate" has been found in several dollar-type discount stores in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. There are indications that the product does not contain fluoride and may contain diethylene glycol, a product that is commonly found in anti-freeze. Consumers who suspect they may have purchased...

• Defective Toys

  Donald Caminiti | November 20, 2007 2:05 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Regulators Caution Holiday Shoppers With the peak of the holiday shopping season approaching, federal regulators released a list of potentially dangerous toys and urged parents to remain informed of dangerous or defective products. However, consumer groups warned that many toys with potential choking hazards or lead dangers can still be found on store shelves. Among the toys cited by the...

• Aqua Dots Toys Recalled by Spin Master

  Chrissie Cole | November 09, 2007 12:05 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  In cooperation with the U.S. Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Spin Master announced a nationwide toy recall of 4.2 million sets of Aqua Dots.The bead coating that allows the beads to stick together when water is added, contains a toxic substance that mimics a compound similar to GHB, also known as the date rape drug. Children who swallow the beads can become comatose, develop respiratory...