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When you make coffee in the morning, you don’t expect your wake-up call to include second-degree burns from spraying liquid and coffee grounds on your skin and clothing. However, that is exactly what has been happening to consumers who own certain models of Tassimo T Disc single cup brewers and Kraft espresso T Discs. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a voluntary recall of some 1.7 milli [...]

The U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a number of household product recalls for the month of February. Each recalled product poses different personal injury risks to users, so all Maryland consumers should immediately stop use of these particular products and contact the manufacturer for either replacement parts, repairs, or refunds. Improvements Catalog Adjustable Ottoman Bed: This product [...]

Johnson & Johnson has announced that it is taking 574,000 bottles of grape-flavored infant Tylenol off of store shelves due to a bottle design flaw. The recall of the infant Tylenol is just the latest for Johnson & Johnson’s McNeill Healthcare Unit, which has had about 25 product recalls in less than three years. According to The Huffington Post, the infant Tylenol bottle redesign was introduced just thre [...]

According to a report compiled by the Washington Toxics Coalition, many popular baby products contain toxic flame-retardants that may be harmful to children. They warn that families are at particular risk from compounds called Tris chemicals, which can escape from household items and contaminate household dust and indoor air. The coalition tested 20 new baby and children’s products, including bassinet pads, nursi [...]

A serious burn hazard has prompted BSH Home Appliances Corp., an Irvine, California-based company, to recall an estimated 835,000 of the popular Tassimo Single-Cup Brewers. A defect in the T Disc that holds the tea or coffee which can cause the disc to burst and spray hot liquid, as well as coffee grounds or tea leaves, onto the user and bystanders, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). T [...]

On January 24, a man from Marion County, Florida filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over its defective metal-on-metal DePuy Pinnacle artificial hip. The man says the parent company, Johnson & Johnson, as well as DePuy, did not warn the public about the risks of their defective product. The man is seeking medical damages, as well as lost wages and the cost of rehabilitation for now and the future. Th [...]

Hewlett-Packard has voluntarily recalled about one million fax machines because they pose a danger of overheating. The announcement from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on February 2 says the recall involves the HP fax 1040 and 1050 machines, with 928,000 recalled in the U.S. and 240,000 in Canada and Mexico. Generally, a voluntarily recall is issued when the CPSC receives reports of injury from [...]

Drug maker Johnson & Johnson (J & J) announced on January 27 that it was recalling about 2,200 tubes of a baby lotion after excessive amounts of bacteria were discovered in one sample by U.S. regulators. The lotion in question is Aveeno Baby Calming Comfort Lotion and it was taken off the shelves in eight southern states and Kansas voluntarily in “an abundance of caution,” adding that it was very unlike [...]

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a notification about a voluntary recall of 14,200 child restraint seats that are supposed to keep children safe inside of a motor vehicle. An additional 3,600 seats sold in Canada will also be recalled. The manufacturer is Britax/ Chaperone and the seats were made from September 1, 2010 to April 30, 2011. Britax announced the recall after r [...]

Two major auto product recalls by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) may affect thousands of U.S. families who use the recalled tires, child seats, or both. These products should be taken out of use immediately to help pr [...]