Police in Oregon are investigating a school bus accident in which Austin Takacs, 11, died while trying to catch the bus in Oregon City. The sixth grader was running next to the school bus, which had left the bus stop, when he tripped on his bag and fell into the…
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling almost 1.6 million cribs after reports that two babies died in accidents involving defective crib hardware. In one case, a 5-month-old infant suffocated to death after getting caught between a Playkids USA convertible crib’s drop side rail and its mattress. In the…
In the wake of last year’s mass recalls of 45 million toys and other products due to the potential hazard they could pose to children, both the US Senate and the House of Representatives have approved a bill banning lead and six kinds of phthalates in products made for kids…