Research

Since 2001, KID has published a review and analysis of children’s products recalled that year. Additionally, KID regularly writes research reports on specific hazards such as fire and burn hazards, lead poisoning, sleep environment safety, public opinion on safety issues, or recall track records of major manufacturers.

Annual reports on CPSC Recalls of Children’s Products

• Safe Sleep, Safe Play: Children’s Product Recalls in 2012 — February 2013 (pdf)
• A Measure of Safety: Children’s Product Recalls in 2011 — March 2012 (pdf)
• Moving toward Safety: A look at children’s product recalls in 2010 and changes in children’s product safety — March 2011 (pdf)
• The Year of the Nursery Product Recall: A look at children’s product recalls in 2009 and changes in children’s product safety — March 2010 (pdf)
• Toxic Toys and Faulty Cribs: An examination of children’s product recalls in 2008, recall effectiveness at CPSC and the implications for child safety — April 2009 (pdf)
• 2007: Year of the Recall — February 2008 (pdf)
• Unexpected Danger: Children’s Product Recalls in 2006 — March 2007 (pdf)
• Dangers at Play: Children’s Product Recalls in 2005 — March 2006 (pdf)
• Hazards of Child Play: Children’s Product Recalls in 2004 — March 2005 (pdf)
• Safety Shortcuts: Children’s Product Recalls in 2003 — February 2004 (pdf)
• Five “What were they thinking, or were they?” Products Recalled in 2003 (pdf)
• A Minefield of Danger: Children’s Product Recalls in 2002 (pdf)
• Clear and Present Dangers:  Children’s Product Recalls in 2001 (pdf)

Additional research reports

• Analysis of CPSC-Supplied Data on Magnet Related Injuries (pdf)
• Straight from the Source: An Analysis of Reports on Children’s Products at SaferProducts.gov (pdf)
• Illinois Parent Survey on Product Safety December 2009 (pdf)
• Unsafe While Sleeping: Children’s Sleep Environment Recalls, September 2007 – November 2009 — December 2009 (pdf)
• Summer Safety: Product Injury Patterns in Children Under Six— August 2008 (pdf)
• Total Recall: the Need for CPSC Reform Now (pdf)
  A joint report by Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Kids In Danger, National Research Center for Women &amp& Families, Public Citizen and US PIRG
• Smoldering Hazards: Fire and Burn Hazards of Children’s Product Recalls, 2002-2007 — August 2007 (pdf)
• Playing with Poison: Lead Poisoning Hazards of Children’s Product Recalls 1990 – 2004 — August 2004 (pdf)
• False Sense of Security: Recall Histories of Leading Children’s Product Manufactures 1993-2003 (pdf)
• A Burning Threat: Fire and Burn Hazards of Children’s Product Recalls 1992 to 2002 (pdf)

Case Studies

Read the case study written by David Zivan,
The Playskool Travel-Lite Crib “which discusses the design, development, marketing, sale, and recall of the Playskool Travel-Lite”.

“This case is free of charge: it is in the public domain and may be downloaded and reproduced without permission, thanks to the generosity of the James S. Kemper Foundation, which provided an Ethics in Business Grant to the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago.”

A two-page flyer summarizing the case study is also available in pdf format.