Despite some progress, unsafe products that have been recalled still ended up being used in child-care facilities in 2019. Via latimesopinion.
We even found the products in use in states like Wisconsin and Texas that have banned recalled products in child-care facilities.
The recall system can be effective at removing dangerous products from store shelves. But it falls short in making sure the products are returned, which happens with only a fraction of recalled products. The system largely leaves it to parents and child-care providers to find out about and deal with the danger. But to get the crucial information they need to keep children safe, they must either sign up for alerts or see recall notices in the news, both of which are easy to miss.
One effective fix is for companies to notify consumers directly by partnering with retailers who often retain customer information for direct marketing. These companies often buy or collect significant amounts of information to identify those most likely to buy certain products, like infant sleepers. That same marketing tactic could be used to warn consumers as well. And for shoppers of child-related products, posting notices in store aisles could expand the reach of recall notifications.
As for informing child-care facilities, the Public Interest Research Group was able to find the phone numbers and email addresses of tens of thousands of day-care facilities across the country in a day. A company like Mattel, the maker of the Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play Sleeper, could easily do this. It shouldn’t be up to parents and child-care operators to seek out information about a problem the manufacturer created.
Unfortunately, the case of the dangerous sleepers is not unique. In this year alone, we’ve also seen recalls of
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