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Don’t use infant inclined sleep products
Posted on June 13, 2018Last week, the CPSC issued a warning to parents and caregivers to use restraints with infants in inclined sleep products. Children can move out of a safe position on an incline, so these restraints are an attempt to keep the… Read More
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New KID Report Shows Jump in 2017 Recalls
Posted on April 3, 2018On Tuesday, along with Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Illinois PIRG, KID released new data on product recalls and children’s safety. This year, the number of recalls increased by 22%, while injuries and incidents reported prior to recall decreased from a… Read More
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Happy Anniversary to SaferProducts.gov
Posted on March 12, 2018This week marks the seventh anniversary of the implementation of a groundbreaking idea – SaferProducts.gov went live on March 11, 2011. This database of consumer reports catalogs incidents with consumer products – everything from worrying about a possible hazard to… Read More
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CSPC Sues to Get B.O.B. Strollers Recalled
Posted on February 19, 2018Late last week, the US CPSC voted 3-1 to file suit against Britax to force action on B.O.B. jogging strollers made prior to 2015. According to the complaint, these strollers have caused injury to both children and adults when the… Read More
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Infant Sling Carriers: CPSC Approves New Federal Safety Standard
Posted on February 9, 2018Attention sling users, CPSC’s new standard for slings has gone into effect as of January 30th. This new standard is an update of the standard adopted last year by CPSC for infant carrier slings. Infant carrier slings can pose a suffocation… Read More
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CPSC Releases Report on Nursery Product Incidents
Posted on January 5, 2018Every year, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) releases a report with updated data on injuries and deaths associated with nursery products. In a change from past reports, CPSC Started last year including only non-incidental injuries, meaning the product… Read More
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KID 2017 in Review: Reaching and Exceeding Goals
Posted on December 20, 2017At the beginning of 2017 KID discussed a few goals that we had for the new year. These included expanding safe sleep environments, advocating for stronger furniture stability standards, and improving accessibility of KID. Read below to understand ways we… Read More
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An International Month at KID
Posted on December 1, 2017November 2017 involved a lot more international outreach than we are used to at KID. But we hope that the outcome will be safer children’s products both here in the US and worldwide. It started with a meeting in Paris:… Read More
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CPSC Announces 7 New Hoverboard Recalls
Posted on November 15, 2017On Tuesday, November 14, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced seven new recalls of self-balancing scooters, commonly called hoverboards. In addition, the agency again warned against LayZ Board products that have been linked to at least two fires, one… Read More
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IKEA Recalled Dressers: Deadly Furniture
Posted on November 8, 2017We hope you have heard about the 2016 recall of 29 million dressers from IKEA. And that you have removed those dressers from your home and received a refund from IKEA. Unfortunately, we know from a death made public last… Read More