Procter & Gamble issued a recall for approximately 8.2 million bags of Tide, Gain, Ace, and Ariel laundry detergent packets distributed in the United States. The outer packaging meant to prevent access to the contents can split open near the zipper track which can lead to accidental exposure and poisoning. Access can pose a risk of ingestion leading to serious injury or death as well as skin or eye injuries. Voluntary safety standards for laundry detergent pods were introduced in 2015. Since then, the rate of exposures has decreased by about 30%, and the rate of cases needing medical trea ..read more

KID released a new report, Recall Radar: Nursery Product Recalls in 2023 Highest in Over a Decade, analyzing children’s products recalls in 2023. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalled 26 nursery products, the highest in over a decade. Eleven of these recalls and 20 additional warnings were due to suffocation hazards because the products violated various federal safety regulations for infant sleep products that recently went into effect. The CPSC recalled a water bead product for the first time since 2013, after an infant death was reported. Often sold as toys, in craft kits ..read more

Last month, the CPSC released the report, Tip-Over Injuries and Fatalities Associated with Televisions, Furniture, and Appliances. Tip-over injuries and deaths occur when children get hurt by falling furniture, usually when climbing or  playing near them. This can be due to a faulty furniture design, unstable surfaces, defective tip-over restraints, heavy objects on top of furniture, or multiple open drawers. The report found that from 2020 to 2022 there was an average of 17,800 emergency room (ED) treated injuries, and from January 2013 to July 2023 there were 217 reported fatalities ass ..read more

Last week, KID traveled to Orlando for the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization’s (ICPHSO) Annual Meeting and Training Symposium. The event brings together many different product safety stakeholders including manufacturers, retailers, consumer advocates, labs, regulators and those that work with them such as attorneys and consultants to discuss current product safety issues and how we can improve safety. At one of the first sessions, Nancy and Dev announced the release of four new masterclass courses as part of the KID Design Safety Toolkit. The four ne ..read more

KID is excited to release four new masterclass courses as part of the KID Design Safety Toolkit. The new courses are designed for entrepreneurs and businesses that create children’s products and provide information, insights and case studies around designing for safety from leading industry experts. KID’s Nancy Cowles stated, “The caliber of expertise provided by the people behind each course is unparalleled, and we are so grateful to have support from global leaders in children’s product safety. The first phase of the KID Design Safety Toolkit has been well-received, and we look forward to ad ..read more

This week is National Burn Awareness Week, so here are some precautions to take while cruisin’. E-scooters, e-bikes, and hoverboards have grown in popularity in recent years, but local fire departments and the CPSC have seen a growing threat of destructive and deadly fires due to them. The lithium-ion batteries in these products combine a flammable electrolyte with significant stored energy. If a lithium-ion battery cell creates more heat than it can effectively disperse, it can lead to a rapid uncontrolled release of heat energy that can result in a fire or explosion. Also, because these bat ..read more

Last week, KID traveled to Orlando for the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization’s (ICPHSO) Annual Meeting and Training Symposium. The event brings together many different product safety stakeholders including manufacturers, retailers, consumer advocates, labs, regulators and those that work with them such as attorneys and consultants to discuss current product safety issues and how we can improve safety. At one of the first sessions, Nancy and Dev announced the release of four new masterclass courses as part of the KID Design Safety Toolkit. The four ne ..read more

KID is excited to release four new masterclass courses as part of the KID Design Safety Toolkit. The new courses are designed for entrepreneurs and businesses that create children’s products and provide information, insights and case studies around designing for safety from leading industry experts. KID’s Nancy Cowles stated, “The caliber of expertise provided by the people behind each course is unparalleled, and we are so grateful to have support from global leaders in children’s product safety. The first phase of the KID Design Safety Toolkit has been well-received, and we look forward to ad ..read more

This week is National Burn Awareness Week, so here are some precautions to take while cruisin’. E-scooters, e-bikes, and hoverboards have grown in popularity in recent years, but local fire departments and the CPSC have seen a growing threat of destructive and deadly fires due to them. The lithium-ion batteries in these products combine a flammable electrolyte with significant stored energy. If a lithium-ion battery cell creates more heat than it can effectively disperse, it can lead to a rapid uncontrolled release of heat energy that can result in a fire or explosion. Also, because these bat ..read more

Each year, approximately 3,500 infants under one die suddenly and unexpectedly in the U.S and almost all occur in their sleep environment. The past two decades saw little progress in preventing these deaths, but in 2019, Cook County added SUID (sudden unexpected infant death) to a national surveillance system to shed light on the circumstances of these deaths and provide information that could aid in prevention. Researchers at Rush University recently released a report on SUID Case Registry for Cook County to effectively promote safe infant sleep practices and prevent SUID. The report found th ..read more