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Resale shops, often relied on by Oklahoma families, exempt from consumer law

 
BY David Zizzo    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: January 26, 2009
Modified: January 27, 2009 at 10:00 am
photo - Toys rest in a bin at the Goodwill store near SW 89 and Pennsylvania.  Photo BY JACONNA AGUIRRE, THE Oklahoman
Toys rest in a bin at the Goodwill store near SW 89 and Pennsylvania. Photo BY JACONNA AGUIRRE, THE Oklahoman

For Brittany Tabor, shopping thrift stores is more than just economical.

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The worst offenders
Categories of children’s products with the worst safety records recently:

→Metal jewelry: More than 50 recalls issued in past four years; at least one death blamed on lead poisoning.

→Cribs: More than 3 million units recalled in recent months; numerous deaths blamed on defects.

→Wooden toys: Numerous recalls because of lead content.

Consumer Product Safety Commission’s "most wanted” list of defective products
→Delta Cribs with spring peg. The drop side can detach when the spring peg is not engaged, which can trap and suffocate infants and toddlers. An 8-month-old child suffocated when the drop side of his crib detached; another child was trapped in a similar incident.

→Kolcraft’s play yards. A 10-month-old boy strangled on the changing table’s restraint strap. Recalled play yards have raised changing tables with a restraint strap that forms a loop beneath the changing table. One version also has a raised cradle that can trap a child.

Simplicity bassinets. A 5-month-old girl wasstrangled when she was trapped in the bassinet’s metal bars of a convertible "close-sleeper/bedside sleeper” bassinet. A 4-month-old girl previously died in a similar incident.

Magtastik and Magnetix Jr., and MagnaMan toy figures. Magnets in the small flexible parts of the animals, vehicles and building sets can detach and be swallowed or aspirated. Magnets can attract each other and cause intestinal perforations or blockages, which can be fatal.

Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission

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