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Consumer Product Safety Commission

Despite recall notices and public warnings, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has found that many products with the potential to seriously injure or kill a child are still being used. The CPSC is enlisting the help of state and local officials, as well as national and state health and safety organizations, to help publicize hazardous products. In some states recalled products will be rounded up and brought to a central location for disposal. The following are some examples of hazardous products that might be in consumers’ homes, possibly in the attic or other storage area:

• Bean bag chairs that can present a choking or suffocation hazard. Some bean bags can be unzipped and children can then inhale the small pellets of foam filling.
• Wooden bunk beds that can strangle young children
• Mini-hammocks that can strangle young children.
• Old cribs that can choke or suffocate a small child.

To get a list of major recalls consumers should send a postcard to: "Recall List," CPSC, Washington, D. C. 20207. The telephone hotline is 800 638 2772