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Recalls on Child Safety Seats
Learn how to check for car seat safety recalls, register your child’s car seat, handle a recall, and make sure your car seat is safe and up to date.
Jaycee Dugard Recalls Giving Birth While in Captivity
Jaycee Dugard was only 11 when she was kidnapped in 1991. At the age of 14, she gave birth to her first child, unaware of what was happening to her body.
Lennox Hearth Products Recalls Natural Gas Log Set Burner Assemblies Due to Risk of Carbon Monoxide
Lennox Hearth Products is recalling about 3,200 Shadowdance Natural Gas Log Set Burner Assemblies because a crack can develop at the gas valve connection allowing natural gas to leak while the burner is in use, posing a risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Lennox has received 20 reports of cracks at the gas valve connection, but no injuries have been reported.
Disney Recalls Children’s Watches
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, of Lake Buena Vista, Fla. is recalling about 1,200 children’s light up watches. Watch battery current interacting with nickel in the watchs stainless steel back can cause skin irritation and/or burning sensations to children who are allergic to nickel. The firm has received six reports of children receiving skin irritation or burning sensations while wearing the watch.
Diet Pill Recalls
The FDA routinely issues press releases announcing the recall of various weight loss supplements. In December 2010, the Authentic Formula Fruta Planta, an herbal weight loss supplement, was pulled from the market because it contained a controlled substance called sibutramine. However, this diet pill recall is one of only many issued by the FDA. You can’t really know what your diet pills contain because the majority of these are classified as dietary supplements — not drugs.