The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued recall notices for four products sold online — principally via Amazon — due to serious safety hazards.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued recall notices for four products sold online—principally via Amazon—due to serious safety hazards.
The recalls underscore concerns about safety oversight for products marketed by third-party sellers on e-commerce platforms, particularly for children’s products with potentially hazardous defects.
Three of the four recalled products pose potentially life-threatening hazards.
Newsweek contacted CPSC via online form on Friday for comment.List of RecallsMagnetic Floating Stackers toys
The recalled magnetic floating stackers toys violate the mandatory standard for toy magnets because they contain magnets that can loosen and detach from the toy, posing an ingestion hazard to children, the CPSC said.
When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract each other or other metal objects and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting and/or blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning and death.
