Children's Medicine Manufacturer's Plant Unsafe
The F.D.A. released findings Tuesday that the only plant that makes many popular over-the-counter pediatric medicines lacks sufficient quality control measures and has failed to investigate consumer complaints over contaminated product. Last week, Johnson & Johnson, who owns the plant through a subsidiary, recalled 43 over-the-counter pediatric medicines in the United States, its territories and nine other countries, affecting 70 percent of the market for over-the-counter children's medicine. F.D.A. officials said the plant used raw materials that were contaminated with an unknown bacteria and received 46 customer complaints over contaminated medicines. Federal officials did stress that serious harm from the recalled drugs was "remote." Lyndsey Layton, The Washington Post 05/05/2010

Toy Maker Recalls 200,000 Baby Playpens
Dorel Juvenile Group Inc. announced a voluntary recall last week of over 200,000 baby playpens due to the threat of "suffocation or positional asphyxiation." The company said that the floors of the Safety 1st Disney Care Center Play Yards and Eddie Bauer Complete Care Play Yards could become uneven when jostled, posing unnecessary risks to children. The toys were sold from January 2007 to October 2009 at Babies "R" Us, Kmart, Sears, Target and Walmart. No deaths have been reported involving the playpens. Staff Report, Chicago Tribune 12/30/2009
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DECEMBER 2009: RANDALL L. KINNARD SPEAKS ON THE DANGERS OF TOXIC TOYS
Toy related injuries sent a staggering 80,000 children under the age of 5 to Emergency Rooms in 2007. Randy Kinnard said that defective and dangerous toys harm children each year. The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (USPIRG) released "The 24th-annual Trouble in Toyland report" recently. The report follows testing of thousands of toys for possible choking hazards, eardrum-damaging noise levels and toxins, and is available at www.uspirg.org. To read more on the article from Public News Service, click here.

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More than 70,000 children are poisoned each year by prescription or over-the-counter medicines, more than twice as many as are poisoned by other products, a new study has concluded. Read Article.

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