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An Amazon employee walks past load Amazon packages on a cart on the floor at Amazon's DAX7 delivery station during Amazon's annual Prime Day event on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in South Gate, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

CPSC: Amazon can be liable for faulty products sold on its site

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

This photo provided by Consumer Product Safety Commission shows Metallic Mugs included in 2023 Holiday Starbucks-branded Gift Sets. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday, March 21, 2024, that the mugs, when microwaved or filled with extremely hot liquid, can overheat or break, posing burn and laceration hazards. The containers, manufactured by Nestle, were sold at both in store and online at Target and Walmart and through Nexcom, military retail outlets, nationwide from November 2023 through January. (Consumer Product Safety Commission via AP)

More than 440,000 Starbucks-branded mugs recalled due to burn, laceration risk

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This photo provided by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows a BlendJet 2 Portable Blender. BlendJet is recalling about 4.8 million of its portable blenders over laceration and fire hazards after receiving dozens of reports of injuries, federal regulators said Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission via AP)

Recall of nearly 5 million portable blenders underway for unsafe blades and dozens of burn injuries

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Customers shop near Lego toys at a Five Little Monkeys store in Berkeley, Calif., Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

More toys recalled in 2022 than previous 4 years combined

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Youngsters ride scooters pass the Wonder Wheel ride as they celebrate the Memorial Day weekend on the boardwalk at Coney Island during the current coronavirus outbreak, Sunday, May 24, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ** FILE **

Toy industry rips annual ‘deaths and injuries’ report over inclusion of scooters

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

A sign advertising fireworks is shown on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, in American Fork, Utah. July Fourth fireworks are a mainstay summer tradition for Americans, many of whom are aching for normalcy as pandemic restrictions ease. But with a megadrought gripping the West and heightening fears of another devastating wildfire season, officials across the region are enacting bans, canceling displays or begging people to be careful. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

Fireworks injuries, deaths increased last year: Report

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

Peloton recalls treadmills after a child dies

By Joseph Pisani - Associated Press

$FILE - This Nov. 19, 2019 file photo shows a Peloton logo on the company's stationary bicycle in San Francisco. Safety regulators are warning people with kids and pets to immediately stop using a treadmill made by Peloton after one child died and nearly 40 others were injured. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Saturday, April 17, 2021, that it received reports of children and a pet being pulled, pinned and entrapped under the rear roller of the treadmill, leading to fractures, scrapes and the death of one child. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)$

After child dies, US regulator warns about Peloton treadmill

By JOSEPH PISANI - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows the Fisher-Price Rock 'n Play Sleeper. Fisher-Price is recalling nearly 5 million infant sleepers after more than 30 babies rolled over in them and died since the product was introduced in 2009. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says that anyone who bought any models of the Fisher-Price Rock 'n Play sleeper should stop using it right away and contact Fisher-Price for a refund. The recall covers about 4.7 million of the sleepers, which cost between $40 and $149. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission via AP)

Fisher-Price recalls sleepers after more than 30 babies died

Associated Press

FILE-In this Saturday, April 23, 2005 file photo, fireworks light the sky for the 50th Kentucky Derby Festival Thunder Over Louisville, in Louisville, Ky. From the time the Kentucky Derby Festival starts in mid-April, the party doesn't stop _ not until the horses run for the roses on the first Saturday in May. The Kentucky Derby lasts only two minutes, but the legendary race at Churchill Downs has spawned an extended celebration with more than 70 events drawing more than a million people to the Louisville area. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon, File)

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission urges caution during July 4th firework celebrations

By Jada Butler - The Washington Times

Furniture maker renews warning after 2 kids die

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Pacifiers recalled over risk that baby could choke

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Illustration Consumer Product Safety Commission by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

NORD: Democratic commissioners marching to a different drummer

By Nancy Nord

A mannequin is positioned with its head over the tube of a firework to illustrate what not to do after lighting a firework. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission held a safety demonstration on Tuesday on the grounds of the Washington Monument to illustrate the perils. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Making July Fourth an injury-free blast

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

NFL, union, NCAA supporting youth helmet program

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Jewelers want states to replace limits on cadmium

By JUSTIN PRITCHARD - Associated Press

Gov’t agency vote to lower lead in toys

By JENNIFER C. KERR - Associated Press

Tween Brands to limit toxic cadmium in its jewelry

By JUSTIN PRITCHARD - Associated Press

AP IMPACT: Cadmium, lead found in drinking glasses

By JUSTIN PRITCHARD - Associated Press

Feds are investigating drinking glasses with lead

By JUSTIN PRITCHARD - Associated Press