If you have any of these recalled products, click through to the CPSC press release for instructions on what to do next:
- Starbucks Recalls Children’s Plastic Cups Due to Choking and Laceration Hazards
- Kahoot Products Inc. Recalls Cub Scouts Totem Badges Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard
Also, Johnson & Johnson has withdrawn the following children’s cold medicines because of “instances of misuse leading to overdose, particularly in infants under two years of age”: Concentrated Infants’ Tylenol Drops plus Cold; Concentrated Infants’ Tylenol Drops plus Cold & Cough; Pediacare Infant Drops Decongestant (PSE); Pediacare Infant Drops Decongestant & Cough (PSE); Pediacare Infant Dropper Decongestant (PE); Pediacare Infant Dropper Long-acting Cough; and Pediacare Infant Dropper Decongestant & Cough (PE). Click here for the official press release. Keep in mind that you should never give cold or cough products to children under age 2 and that such medicine isn’t very effective anyway and that the best thing to do is call the pediatrician. (Hat tip: The Consumerist.)
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