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Safety Alerts!: Recent Recalls of Toys and Other Child Products

• ImagiPLAY Recalls Bead Maze Toys Due to Laceration Hazard November 20, 2008
  The trees on the toys can detach, exposing a metal screw. This poses a laceration hazard to young children.
• Near Strangulation of Child Prompts Recall to Repair Window Blinds by Green Mountain Vista November 20, 2008
  The black-out roller shades and insulated roman shades have a continuous looped bead chain that when not attached to the wall or floor, hangs loosely by the blind, posing a fatal strangulation hazard to children.
• Strangulation Death of a Child Prompts Recall of Roman Blinds; Sold Exclusively at IKEA November 20, 2008
  Strangulations can occur when a child places his/her neck in an exposed inner cord on the backside of the roman blinds.
• Target Recalls Dive Sticks Due to Impalement Hazard November 19, 2008
  The recalled dive sticks could remain in an upright position, posing an impalement hazard to young children. CPSC banned pre-weighted dive sticks in 2001.
• Children's Hooded Jackets with Drawstrings Recalled by R&D International Due to Strangulation Hazard November 19, 2008
  The jackets have drawstrings through the hood and at the waist. Children can get entangled in the drawstrings that can catch on playground equipment, fences or tree branches.