Topics: Recalls - 18 results

Update A Georgia woman has filed a $5 million wrongful pregnancy lawsuit against Qualitest Pharmaceuticals. She claims she became pregnant despite taking the pills in the packaging sequence. Of course Qualitest has recalled a number of brands and lots of the pills because they were packaged in the incorrect sequence for effective contraception. The woman’s asking for damages for pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, expensive health care and treatment, loss of earnings, …

Leading off today, LG and the Consumer Product Safety Commission are re-announcing a prior recall of about 92,000 Goldstar and Comfort-Aire Dehumidifiers. The dehumidifiers pose a serious fire hazard. Consumers are urged to recheck any humidifier they may have to ensure it is not one of the recalled models. Source: CPSC You can access the rest of CPSC’s recent recalls with the widget below. Product Safety Recall Info FDA: Rocky Ford Cantaloupes from Jensen Farms The FDA is advising consumers …

Pottery Barn Kids is recalling about 82,000 Chloe, Sophie, and Audrey soft dolls. The dolls pose a strangulation hazard to small children. The hair on the Chloe and Sophie dolls may contain loops that are large enough to fit around a child’s head and neck, and the headband on the Audrey doll, if loosened, can form a loop that fits around a child’s head and neck. Source: CPSC Here are a few more notable items from the past week’s recalls. …

Do you like starting fires with pourable gel fuels? Today we begin with a massive recall of 2 million units of pourable gel fuel. Nine makers or distributers of the napalm-like flammable goo are joining the Consumer Product Safety Commission in announcing the recall. The pourable gel fuel can ignite unexpectedly and splatter onto people and objects nearby when it is poured into a firepot that is still burning. CPSC is aware of 65 incidents resulting in two deaths and …

Target has upped the number of Step Stools with Storage it recalled a couple of weeks ago. Approximately 341,000 step stools are now involved. The wooden step stools can break apart or collapse under the weight of the user, posing a fall hazard. There have been more than two dozen incidents, some causing serious injury, including to children. Source: CPSC Here are a few more notable items from the past week’s recalls. Fiskars Brands SmartPower String Trimmers Fiskars Brands is …