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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently announced the recall of about 10,300 Onasti Toddler Tower Stools. The stools can collapse or tip over while in use, posing serious fall and injury hazards to children. At the time of the recall, the manufacturer—Blissful-Time of…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released data that shows 104 people died in school-transportation-related crashes in 2022. There were also 12,500 injuries that year, with 6,000 school bus passengers injured. With back-to-school season in full swing, the NHTSA is reminding everyone to…
Back in May 2023, an Arkansas woman filed a personal injury lawsuit against Uber Technologies, Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. She claimed that she was assaulted, battered, harassed, and/or otherwise attacked by an Uber driver she had been…
Between 1.7 and 3 million sports- and recreation-related concussions happen each year, according to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Two in 10 high school athletes who play contact sports—including soccer and lacrosse—will get a concussion in a year. It’s common knowledge that repeated concussions…
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently warned consumers to stop using Momaid Infant Loungers because they present a suffocation risk and fall hazard to infants. The manufacturer—Zhejian Juster Trading LLC, of China—is not cooperating with the CPSC on this matter and has not…
After several years of investigation into the Catholic church in six dioceses across Illinois, the office of Attorney General Kwame Raul recently issued a press release detailing its findings concerning child sex abuse by Catholic clergy. This investigation began in 2018 after a Pennsylvania grand…
A group of parents recently joined together to file a baby food heavy metals contamination lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, Los Vegas. They name as defendants baby food manufacturers Beech-Nut Nutrition Company, Inc.; Gerber Baby Products Company; Plum PBC…
Scientific journal The Lancet recently published a series of three new studies highlighting the strategies baby formula manufacturers use to sell cow’s milk-based formula to parents. In its executive summary, The Lancet editors describe these tactics as underhanded and “designed to prey on parents’ fears…
In a letter dated January 27, 2023, four members of Congress urged the FDA to take more action when it comes to making baby food safe. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) acknowledged that the FDA recently issued…
About two years ago, the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy released a report indicating “dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals” in certain baby foods. Later, on September 29, 2021, they released an update on that report, revealing new evidence that…
