NEWS
In addition to providing information pertaining to our organization, KID provides brief updates on current children’s product safety information and events. For more frequent news postings, visit KID’s blog.
March 2012
KID releases report on children’s product recalls in 2011. Read more
October 2011
KID releases report on first months of SaferProducts.gov database. Read more
August 2011
Help KID raise $15K – Vote for KID as Small Charity of the Year in the 2011 Stay Classy Awards.
June 2011
World’s toughest crib standard effective today… read more.
March 2011
Important consumer tool launches today… read more.
March 2011
KID releases new report on 2010 recalls… read more.
December 2010
CPSC adopts world’s strongest crib standards… read more.
EVENTS
On May 24th KID will hold our Annual Best Friend Award Night. Join us as we honor Sonny Garg and commemorate our year of progress. Visit the event page for more information.
KID joined families who had lost children to unsafe cribs on June 26th on Long Island to mark the implementation of new mandatory crib standards at the Project Safe Child Walk-a-thon.
RECENT UPDATES
Read the latest E Alert for up-to-date highlights.
Read the latest Recall Digest for the most recent recalls of children’s products.
Danny’s Story
On May 12, 1998, 16-month-old Daniel Keysar was strangled to death at his licensed childcare facility when a Playskool Travel-Lite portable crib collapsed, trapping his neck in the “V” of its folded rails.
Aiden’s Story
Aiden suffocated on the crib bumper pad in his crib. He was six months old. "My beloved grandson was literally the light of my life."
Ellie’s Story
Ellie died when the changing table attachment on a play yard came down on the back of her neck as she stood up. She was thirteen months old.
Liam’s Story
Liam died when he was entrapped by the defective drop-side of his crib. He was nine months old.
Jared’s Story
Jared was strangled when the top rails of his portable crib collapsed. He was eight months old.
Riley’s Story
Riley was strangled when the side rail of her portable crib collapsed around her neck. She was 10 months old.
Ethan’s Story
Ethan died just months after Riley when he was strangled in the same type portable crib. He was eight months old.