CPSC Announces Recall Round-Up of Deadly Products

Contact: Ken Giles
Release # 02-139 (301) 504-0580 Ext. 1184

"As Families do their spring cleaning, we want them to take a fresh look at items in their homes such as appliances, window blinds, older cribs, storage chests, and halogen lamps to make sure the products have not been recalled and don't present hazards," said CPSC Acting Chairman Thomas Moore. "We can get dangerous products off store shelves, but the real challenge is to get them out of Families' homes."

"CPSC sometimes learns of deaths or serious injuries caused by previously recalled products. We want to prevent these needless tragedies," said Moore. "We urge people to get CPSC's list of recalls and check for old products that could be hazardous." Consumers can sign up at http://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx to receive email announcements of all future CPSC-announced recalls.

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the public from the unreasonable risk of injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, you can go to CPSC's forms page and use the first on-line form on that page. Or, you can call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270, or send the information to info@cpsc.gov. Consumers can obtain this release and recall information from CPSC's web site at http://www.cpsc.gov or by calling the hotline or sending your request to info@cpsc.gov. You can also subscribe to CPSC's email subscription list which normally sends all press releases the day they are issued.

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