Consumer Product Safety Commission: Product Recalls: This web site provides nation-wide information on product safety and recalled products. You can sign up to get emails (in English and Español) informing you of product recall, and even specify types of products you're concerned about, like children's toys.
Crib Recall.Recall of more than 2.1 million Stork Craft drop-side cribs with the Fisher-Price logo. The cribs’ drop-side plastic hardware can break, deform, or parts can become missing, Infants and toddlers can become entrapped in the space which can lead to suffocation, or the sides can detach leading to falls. Additional crib recalls.
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Dangers of Diluting Baby Formula. Do notadd extra water or anything else to baby formula. Also, young babies cannot be safely fed regular cow or goat milk. They can cause severe illness or death.
Staph Infections (MRSA). Staph infections are rising at an alarming rate around California and the nation. The Centers for Disease Control have dedicated several web sites to MRSA. These include:
Parent's Guide to MRSAStaph infections have been on the rise in California. This guide is designed to help parents avoid staph infections for their children.
Guía para padres sobre el SARMStaph infecciones han ido en aumento en California. Esta guía está diseñada para ayudar a los padres staph evitar infecciones de sus hijos.
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Small shops are promising they will rid you/your child/your family/etc. of head lice. A report states that none of the products they use or sell has been proven to repel or kill head lice. They manually remove lice and nits from the hair during sessions at the salon. This “nit-picking” is productive, but they will only guarantee their services if every member of the immediate family is treated. At one salon the cost of a family of four to be “louse-free” was about $900.
