Defective & Dangerous Products

• Glass Mugs Recalled By IKEA Stores

  Chrissie Cole | January 21, 2011 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  IKEA, working in consultation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada, is recalling RUND clear glass mugs, because they can break during using posing a...

• Boy Dies After Choking On Marshmallow

  Chrissie Cole | March 02, 2010 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  A Victoria boy, 9, died after choking on a marshmallow. The fourth-grader was assembling ingredients to prepare s’mores for his class when he collapsed after telling his teacher he...

• Portable Generator Deaths During Hurricanes

  Will Sciba | October 18, 2009 7:10 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Hurricanes can be deadly for many reasons. Some deaths will be caused by portable generators. Most people are not aware that a portable generator can produce several hundred times the carbon...

• CPSC - Target Corp. To Pay $600,000 Civil Penalty

  Chrissie Cole | October 01, 2009 3:16 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Target Corp. denies any wrongdoing but has agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty to resolve claims that it knowingly violated the federal lead paint ban on toys. The tenative penalty would...

• Good Neigh Bears Recalled By State Farm Due to Choking Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | March 17, 2009 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  State Farm, in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of State Farm Good Neigh Bears because the plastic eyes on the bear can detach,...

• 1.6 Million Cribs Recalled by Delta Enterprises

  Robert W Soliz | October 21, 2008 10:09 AM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Two infant deaths causes a massive recall on cribs by Delta Enterprises. The deaths were caused by either missing safety pegs in the cribs. The cribs were sold over the last 10 years through the...

• Another Toy Recall

  Mike Parker | September 25, 2008 5:28 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Today, about 3,000 Toy Police Cars have been voluntarily recalled by the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission and TCB Imports of Vernon, California. The reason for the recall is the red paint on...

• Tainted milk blamed for deaths of at least four babies

  Wanda Logan | September 24, 2008 2:02 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Tainted milk has been blamed for sickening thousands of babies and killing at least four Chinese babies. There may also be contaminated of other foods due to the compromised ingredients in food...

• Use Extra Precaution With Candles

  Wanda Logan | September 23, 2008 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Reminder to persons without electricity due to Hurricane Ike, please use extra care when using candles or open flames. At least two house fires in the Houston area are being blamed on candles being...

• Simplicity Bassinets Recalled Due To Strangulation Hazard

  Mike Parker | August 29, 2008 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Some babies have died recently by strangulation after becoming entrapped in the metal bars of Simplicity Bassinets. This news has gotten the attention of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission...