CPSA
February 21, 2017
Yamaha Corporation of America has issued a recall for piano benches sold with Yamaha grand pianos. The interior compartment of the piano bench uses paint that has been found to contain lead in excess of federal standards. Consumers are urged to remove the benches and contact Yamaha Corporation of America for instructions on returning the benches for a free...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, CPSA, CPSIA, Lead, Proposition 65, Recalls, Yamaha Corporation of America
February 9, 2016
KHS America has issued a recall of its 8-Note Monkey Glockenspiel because the pink metal note bar may contain levels of lead that exceed federal safety standards. Lead is known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and/or other reproductive harm, and ingested lead can cause adverse health effets.
The instrument has eight metal bars in multiple colors...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, CPSA, CPSIA, Lead, Product Recall, Proposition 65
December 3, 2013
Officials with the Federal Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently seized shipments of potentially hazardous toys, NJToday reported.
Last month, CBP officers intercepted two shipments arriving from China of toy dolls, cosmetic sets, fire trucks and tractors that included excessive amounts of lead and potential choking...
September 6, 2013
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) last month introduced a bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) to include a ban on certain flame retardant chemicals from use in children’s furniture products. The bill is H.R. 2934, also known as the “Decrease Unsafe Toxins Act.”
Flame retardants have been associated with cancer, endocrine...
Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, CPSA, CPSIA, Flame retardants, Proposition 65, TDCPP
August 14, 2013
Far East Brokers has issued a recall on Leisure Ways Brands Kids Outdoor Furniture, specifically its line of ladybug-themed outdoor furniture, which includes a camp chair, a folding chair, a moon chair, a swing chair, and a patio set. The red surface paint on the furniture contains excessive levels of lead, in violation of the federal lead paint standard. The...
Children's Furniture, Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, CPSA, CPSIA, Furniture, Lead, Recall
August 22, 2013
Glideaway has issued a recall of Sleepharmony Metal Youth Beds in pink because the surface paint contains lead in excess of federal standards. The bed is a twin size, made of metal, and has three pink heart-shaped designs on both the headboard and the footboard. The recalled beds were manufactured between December 2011 and May 2013 and bear the model number #MB-YPT...
Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, CPSA, CPSIA, Furniture, Lead, Product Recall, Recall
June 10, 2013
Hung Lam, 55, and Isabella Kit Yeung, 37, both of Miami-Dade County, and Florida corporations LM Import-Export, Inc. (LM), Lam’s Investment Corp. (LIC), and LK Toys Corporation, (LK) were sentenced for violations regarding the smuggling of hazardous children’s products from China, officials announced last month.
According to court documents, Lam, LM, LIC, and LK...
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