Simplicity Bassinets Are Far From Harmless: Consumers Be Warned
Defective products can have quite devastating effects on trusting users, and these consequences are even more tragic regarding products that parents rely on for their infant’s use. The recent reports of Simplicity bassinets causing the death of two infants in two separate events are unnerving in that the Consumer Product Safety Commission warned against the risks of this product just a little over a year ago.
The risk associated with Simplicity bassinets has to do with metal bars that are separated a greater distance from each other than is permitted by federal requirements. Additionally, the bassinets can create risk of entrapment and death when the Velcro-fastened material over the metal bars is not accurately handled. These risks were the direct cause of death of a 6-month-old girl in Texas in January 2009 who became trapped between the exposed bars of the bassinet.
As a result of the above incident and the death of a 2-month-old girl in Georgia who was suffocated after becoming caught in the bassinet’s fabric in September 2008, all Simplicity bassinets that were manufactured before May 18, 2008 have been recalled in addition to some other bassinets that are sold under the Graco brand and some with a Winnie the Pooh design.
Despite the controversy over the death of innocent infants, another heated subject in relation to these defective products is the fact that too great of a time was allowed between the deaths and the recall’s second announcement. The chairmen of the safety commission stated the following in a report: "We want to step up in the future our education and advocacy so that consumers are better informed," she said.
Some of these enhanced efforts on the commission’s part have to do with informing state governments, consumer groups, and child/day care organizations about the recall of the bassinets.
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Source report: http://www.kmbc.com/consumerwatch/20484300/detail.html
