Posts tagged CPSC

• Apple iPod Potential Fire Hazard

  Greg Webb | October 26, 2009 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is investigating many reports of the Apple iPod overheating, and in some cases, catching on fire. In its own investigation, a news organization in...

• New Legislation May Aid Consumers Harmed By Foreign Manufacturers

  Greg Webb | September 14, 2009 2:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Many products consumed these days, from children’s toys to medicines, are made in countries where, often, manufacturing standards are almost nonexistent. Therefore, when products have defects,...

• Little Tikes Issues Recall On 1.6 million Toy Workshops and Trucks

  Greg Webb | August 28, 2009 3:30 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Little Tikes has issued a voluntary recall on 1.6 million toy workshops and trucks after a toddler choked on a plastic nail. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said the recall covers...

• "Wii-mote" Charging Stations Recalled For Potential Fire Hazard

  Greg Webb | August 20, 2009 4:01 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced that Griffin International Cos. has recalled about 220,000 “Wii-mote” charging stations after the product hurt consumers hands...

• Nine Companies Pay Penalty For Lead In Toys

  Greg Webb | July 21, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As punishment for violating the federal lead paint ban, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced nine children’s product manufacturers, importers and sellers,...

• Woman Crusades Against Pool Filters That Killed Husband

  Greg Webb | July 13, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Sue Halverson has become an activist, warning the public about the dangers of a two-piece, kettle style pool filter that exploded and struck her husband in the head, killing him. With the help of an...

• Toy Manufacturer Agrees To Penalty For Lead In Toys

  Greg Webb | July 12, 2009 9:55 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  OKK Trading, an American based toy importer, has agreed to pay a $665,000 civil penalty settlement with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) after it was shown that the company imported and...

• Alarming Data in the Amount of Children Injured While Playing Baseball

  Greg Webb | June 22, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  While baseball may seem to be a fairly safe sport, researchers have found that over a thirteen year period, more than one and a half million players under eighteen years of age were injured enough...

• New Baby Crib Recall by CPSC

  Greg Webb | May 18, 2009 8:47 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  For the third time, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recalled cribs that were manufactured by Jardine Enterprises due to slats that break. This time, about 96,000...

• Exercise Balls Recalled After Bursting

  Greg Webb | April 25, 2009 7:48 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has released a statement that almost three million fitness balls, sold in department stores and sporting good retailers, have been voluntarily recalled...