Ikea announced a voluntary recall of 29 million chests and drawers, after three children died in the past two years because of dresser tip-over accidents. The recall affects MALM dressers and chests of drawers with three or more drawers, as well as a number of other Ikea models.
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This week’s question comes from Susan in Bernal Heights. She asks, “Chris, I heard recently that thousands of young kids are poisoned each year from eating laundry pods they think is candy. Why isn’t anything being done to protect our children?” Susan, thank you for raising this issue. As a parent myself, I find it
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This week’s question comes from Randolf G. in the Sunset who asks “I heard that there has been a recall of cars with certain airbags because they are exploding and causing injury to people with sharp metal flying out with the airbag. I own a 2005 Ford Ranger. Am I in danger?” Randolf, you may
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This week’s question comes from Craig F. who lives in the Mission District. It is a follow up on last week’s article on “Hover Boards/Power Boards.” Craig asks: “I am 15 and I got a Hover Board for Christmas. I was riding it on the sidewalk and a cop told me I couldn’t ride it
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Gary from Berkley writes: “I bought one of the popular hoverboards for my teenage son for Christmas. The first time my son used the hoverboard he rode in our house from the hallway to the living room. He went flying from the hoverboard and crashed into our coffee table after he encountered a small rise
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Mr. Dolan, My college age son came home from college for the Thanksgiving Holiday and went out with a bunch of friends. He isn’t a smoker, but one of the boys he was with had an E-Cigarette and he wanted to try it. He has never used one before. This was a brand new device
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Finding out that your car has been recalled is an unpleasant experience. You might worry for your safety or the safety of your family. At the very least, it is an irritation providing one more thing to deal with in your busy life. How people respond to this situation varies greatly from individual to individual.
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In 2006, a police investigator in Wisconsin was looking for the cause of an accident that claimed the lives of two teenagers. With the limited resources of a single office looking into a solitary crash, that investigator was able to conclude that a defective ignition switch caused the car to lose power, veer off the
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The number of defective car recalls has increased since congressional investigations were launched into the decision of General Motors to delay a recall for a decade. The New York Times reports that the decision of regulators to fine GM about $35 million has prompted a wave of product recalls from other manufacturers.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has ignored a congressional recommendation to pull General Motors cars with a potentially deadly defect from the road. NHTSA officials say that removing the cars from the road is unnecessary because the automaker has told drivers to only operate their vehicles with their key removed from their key rings.
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