C.P.S.C. recalls
News Release From C.P.S.C.
KSL's Selected Recent Recalls
Includes some vehicles, food products, etc. not listed through C.P.S.C.
(3/30/99)
Government safety experts say consumers aren't taking product recalls
seriously.
Despite the warnings, people still use hazardous products, sometimes getting
hurt or even killed.
News Specialist Stacey Butler has more.
What really worries experts is that hundreds of items have been recalled but
no one seems to know it.
They say if you don't see it on the news--the only way you can find out is if
you fill out the registration card that comes with the product. The problem is
that 9 out of 10 consumers throw the cards away.
Meet Jack Larsen.
Almost every day he grabs a basketball and heads out back to play hoops.
This Fisher Price basketball net is just his size-- but the Consumer
Product Safety Commission says it's dangerous.
10 million were recalled after one child was strangled to death in the net.
Jack's mom, Mindy Larsen, says she's had the basketball hoop for years. Until
today, she had no idea it had been recalled.
The basketball hoop is just one in a long list of items that have been deemed
unsafe.
Now the Consumer Product Safety Commission is out to gather up as many of
the recalled items as possible.
Products like the Lawn Boy silver series lawnmower by Toro.
A fabric infant carrier made by Baby Bjorn, also recalled because of
problems.
Happy String made by "Party Time" exploded into flames.
Cosco brand strollers and crib mattresses recalled just last month.
And Nike recalled over 100 thousand pairs of "Little Air Jordan 14" infant
shoes after high amounts of lead were found in the red trim paint on the shoes.
Experts advise filling out the registration cards that come with the
products. That's the only way manufacturers can track you down when an item has
been recalled.
