Hazardous Toys and Cribs Pulled Out

Summary: To prevent possible accidents and serious injuries, the US federal safety regulators announced a massive recall to more than four million inflatable baby floats and 400,000 Simplicity cribs following reports that these products have faulty designs and defective materials which may cause serious injuries.

Meanwhile, three babies have already died after their defective cribs collapsed, suffocating them.

 US Federal safety regulators recently announced a massive recall to more than four million children’s toys including inflatable baby floats following reports that 31 youngsters have been in a water accident because of the products’ faulty design. However, there has been no reported injury or death caused by the defective toys.

Toy Company Aqua-Leisure Industries has also voluntarily pulled its inflatable floats including its popular models shaped like boats, ducks, turtles, and other figures, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

CPSC said the floats, priced at $8 to $15, were made in China and sold to major US retailers and discount stores including Wal-Mart, Toys "R" Us, Ace Hardware, Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Kmart.

In a statement, safety regulators warned consumers not to use any of the inflatable baby float covered by the recall to prevent accidents.

Besides from the inflatable floats, CPSC also announced a recall of more than 400,000 Simplicity cribs which have been found to have defective and faulty design which may cause the drop side to accidentally detach.

According to reports, an 8-month-old baby died when the side of his crib collapsed, trapping and suffocating him to death.

Meanwhile, Simplicity crib, which is made in China, was also blamed for the deaths of two other babies.