What happened: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a recall for 2.3 million units of “Triaminic Syrup” and “Theraflu Warning Relief Syrups for Cough, Colds, and Fevers,” made by Novartis. The medicine (which is regulated by the FDA) itself is fine. It’s the child resistant packaging that is behind the recall. The…
What Happened: The Consumer Product Safety Commission just announced that the company Million Dollar Baby would be recalling 18,000 children’s dressers. The CPSC says that the dressers can become unstable and pose a risk of tipping over and injuring a child. So far there have been two reports of death associated with the dressers, an…
What Happened: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently announced that it would recall a line of children’s pajamas that were sold at Target stores across the country due to risks of fire associated with the sleepwear. In a recent report, the CPSC says that the Circo and Xhilaration brand of children’s pajamas violated the…
What Happened On January 30, 2013 Toyota has issued another recall that affected over 1million vehicles in the United States. There were two separate recalls jointly released by the company; first an airbag control issue that affects over 752,000 Corolla and Corolla Matrix cars sold in 2003 and 2004, and secondly a windshield wiper issue…
What Happened: Toyota just announced a major recall of more than 1 million vehicles in the United States. The notice released by the automaker said that the company would be recalling more than 750,000 Corolla’s and Corolla Matrix cars in the U.S. that were made between 2001 and 2004. Tens of thousands more vehicles would…