Attorney General Todd Rokita today alerted Hoosiers to a surge in consumer safety threats, with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announcing nearly 50 products recalls in February — many involving children’s toys, clothing, furniture, baby products, and household items that pose choking, burns, drowning, poisoning, and other serious risks.
“Hoosiers deserve protection from faulty products — especially when they put our children at risk,” Attorney General Rokita said. “If you own any of these recalled items, stop using them immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund, repair, or replacement.”
The Consumer Product Safety Commission reports the
Clothing:
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The zipper head can detach from certain sleepsuits, posing a choking hazard to infants.
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The recalled children’s pajama pants violate the mandatory standards for flammability of children’s sleepwear, posing a burn hazard and risk of serious injury or death to children.
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The recalled sleepwear violates the mandatory flammability standard for children’s sleepwear, posing a risk of burn injuries to children.
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The recalled headbands violate the mandatory standard for consumer products with button cell and coin batteries because the button cell batteries in the headbands can be accessed easily by children, posing an ingestion hazard. Additionally, the packaging and product do not have the warnings required under Reese’s Law. When button cell or coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns, and death.
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The drawstrings in the recalled clothing can get caught on objects and cause death or serious injury to children due to the strangulation hazard. The clothes are in violation of the federal rule for children’s upper outerwear and present a substantial product hazard.
Health and Beauty Products:
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The hair serum contains minoxidil,
which must be in child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The hair serum’s bottles are not child-resistant, posing a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.
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The essential oil bottles contain methyl salicylate, which must be in child-resistant packaging, as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA). The bottles are not child-resistant, posing a risk of poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.
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The essential oil bottles contain methyl salicylate, which must be in child-resistant packaging, as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA). The bottles for the products are not child-resistant, posing a risk of poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.
Toys:
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The Island Storm Building Sets violate the mandatory safety standard for toys because the battery compartment within the LED light piece contains button cell batteries that can be easily accessed by children. When button cell or coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns and death.
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The recalled toys are intended for children under three years old and the toy’s peg dolls can block a child’s airway, which violates the small parts ban, posing a risk of choking and death to children.
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The recalled children’s flashcard toy sets contain levels of lead that exceed the federal lead content ban and levels of phthalates that exceed the federal phthalates ban. Lead and phthalates are toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health issues. In addition, the flashcards also violate the mandatory standard for toys because they fail to comply with the short-circuit
protection requirement for battery-operated toys.
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Moisture trapped inside the bath foam set container can cause pressure to build up, allowing pieces to be forcefully ejected when opened, posing an impact hazard.
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The recalled swing’s flexible fabric can form loops that can entangle a child’s head or neck, posing a risk of serious injury or death from strangulation.
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The recalled magnetic chess games violate the mandatory standard for toys because they contain loose magnets posing an ingestion hazard to children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract each other, or other metal objects, and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting, and/or blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning and death.
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The recalled children’s chess games violate the mandatory standard for toys because they contain loose magnets posing an ingestion hazard to children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, they can attract each other, or other metal objects, and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting, and/or blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning and death.
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The surface temperature of the recalled toys’ batteries exceeds the allowable limit, which violates the standard for toys, posing a risk of burn injuries.
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The recalled book’s felt parts can detach, posing a choking hazard.
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The magnetic stick figure toy sets violate the mandatory standard for toys because they contain loose magnets, posing an ingestion hazard to children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract each other, or other metal objects, and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting, and/or blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning and death.
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The pens in the recalled children’s handwriting kits contain levels of lead in the nib that exceed the federal lead content ban. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health issues.
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The cord lock on the recalled water ballons’ storage bags contains a regulated phthalate, which violates the federal phthalate ban. Phthalates are toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.
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The recalled children’s fingerpainting kits contain the hazardous substances methanol and ethylene glycol and are intended for children under 12 years of age, which violates the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. The products also contain a regulated phthalate, which violates the federal phthalate ban; phthalates are toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.
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The zipper pull on the music box compartment of the recalled Christmas Tree Toys contains levels of lead that exceed the federal lead content ban. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health issues. Additionally, the Christmas tree component fails to comply with various mechanical and electrical requirements for battery-operated toys.
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The recalled children’s toys violate the small parts ban because the small mirror can detach from the toy, posing a deadly choking hazard. In addition, the toys violate the mandatory standard for toys because the toy’s mirror has sharp edges, posing a laceration hazard.
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The recalled toys are intended for children under three years of age and the eggs can block a child’s airway, posing a risk of choking and death to children.
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The recalled magnetic chess games violate the mandatory standard for toys because they contain loose magnets posing an ingestion hazard to children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract each other, or other metal objects, and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting, and/or blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning and death.
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The recalled magnet toy building sets violate the mandatory standard for toys because they contain small balls and are intended for children under three years of age, posing a deadly choking hazard.
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