Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has recalled about 643,000 Mainstays love seat and porch rocking chairs because poor construction and over-curvature of the chairs’ runners can cause instability, imbalance, fracturing of the wood and tip-over during use, posing a falling hazard to consumers. Wal-Mart has received 45 reports of injuries, including a cut in the leg [...]
One child died and four others suffered serious injuries after swallowing tiny magnets found in building sets sold nationwide, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. A recall of 3.8 million of the toy kits is presently underway. The commission has received reports of 34 incidents involving the small magnets included in the [...]
During the last few weeks, there have been a number of recalls of motor vehicles and other consumer products. The following are some of the recent recalls involving motor vehicles.
Bausch & Lomb has agreed to stop shipping its ReNu MoistureLoc brand contact lens solution in the United States after some users were diagnosed with serious eye infections. Bausch & Lomb had suspended sales of all ReNu solutions in Singapore and Hong Kong in February after reports of similar infections. The company later [...]
The Sierra Club and the Alabama Environmental Council won a landmark air pollution decision several weeks ago against the Tennessee Valley Authority that didn’t get a great deal of media attention. The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the State of Alabama’s policy not to enforce emission limits at TVA’s Colbert [...]
