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Trader Joe’s Recalls Walnuts Due To Salmonella Risk

Just when you thought you were safe from recalls if you aren't eating mac & cheese, our beloved Trader Joe's is issuing a one. Trader Joe's is recalling five types of walnuts after fear of salmonella contamination. Luckily no customers have reported illness but "out of an abundance of caution, all lots of these products…

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Massive Car Seat Recall: What Parents Need To Know

Last month Graco issued one of the largest car seat recalls in history due to a harness buckle issue, and now popular baby product manufacturer Evenflo is recalling 1.3 million convertible car seats and booster seats for a similar problem.According to company’s website, the harness crotch buckle “may become resistant to unlatching over time.” So far, they haven’t received any reports of injury and the seats do meet all federal crash …

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Color-Changing Cups Detect Date Rape Drugs

If you have a daughter in high school or college, you’ve almost certainly warned her a hundred or so times to NEVER put down her drink or leave it unattended. That’s because the problem with date rape drugs like GHB and ketamine is that they’re odorless, colorless and tasteless. So if something gets slipped into a drink, the victim probably wouldn’t realize until it’s too late. Enter DrinkSavvy – a new startup that hopes to fight sexual assault by alerting people to what might be in their cup.

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Target Recalls Half a Million Children’s Pajamas

About 560,000 pairs of children’s two-piece pajama sets have been recalled by Target for failingto meet federal flammability standards, which poses a burn hazard. Why the product is being recalled:The cotton or cotton/fleece pajamas sets fail to meet the federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear, because they do not meet the tight-fitting sizing requirements.

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Children’s Riding Toys Recalled

The Step2 Company has recalled about 15,500 children’s riding toys due to a fall hazard,according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Why the product is being recalled:Children who lean too far forward on the seat can go over the handle bar and hit the ground.