Swiffer vacuums recalled over fire hazard
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Procter &amp; Gamble Co. is recalling its battery-operated Sweep+Vac by Swiffer vacuum cleaners because of a possible fire hazard.
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Nearly 200 victims are suing after falling ill while using Stand 'n Seal grout sealer. Some fell ill after a recall -- when the Consumer Product Safety Commission is supposed to ensure unsafe products stay off store shelves. But with 400 employees monitoring about 15,000 products, some items slip through the cracks.
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Dell Inc. has now recalled 4.2 million battery packs made by Sony, 100,000 more than  it initially recalled in August. Altogether, various laptop makers have recalled 6.5 million batteries because of fire hazards.
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The recall of 2.3 million Maytag dishwashers has generated so many calls to the company that it could not handle the volume, a Consumer Product Safety Commission spokesman said yesterday.
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall Thursday of Amana, Trane and American Standard combination air conditioner/heat pumps that can overheat and catch fire.
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From the outside, it looks like business as usual at the Consumer Product Safety Commission . The agency issued more than a dozen voluntary recall notices during the first two weeks of this month, pulling off the market batteries that can ignite, hooded sweatshirts with drawstrings that can choke...
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By Paul Wenske, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 3--The national recall of 2.3 million Maytag dishwashers -- which could short-circuit and catch fire -- hit a glitch on Friday.
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A fire involving a laptop at Los Angeles International Airport has prompted Lenovo Group and IBM to recall Sony-made batteries used in 526,000 laptops because of concerns about fire.
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Tai Tung International, Inc., is recalling about 128,880 toy ice cream cars, police cars and washing machines because the multicolored beads inside the toys can become accessible to children, causing a choking hazard.
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The potentially faulty machines were sold under the Lexmark, IBM and Dell brands. The company has recalled these products because they could short circuit and potentially give users an electric shock.
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Bleach, paint stripper and carpet cleaners used in the home can cause wheezing and asthma in children, research by the University of Bristol suggests today.
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Ford Motor Co. said on Thursday it was  recalling about 792,000 pickup trucks and sport utility  vehicles because of a fire risk from overheating of the speed  control switch.
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Advanced Medical Optics Inc. on Tuesday recalled almost 3 million units of its Complete MoisturePlus contact lens solution due to sterility problems that could lead to eye infections, the second major recall of a contact lens solution this year.
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Blog: A Sony battery in a Toshiba laptop that was part of last year's massive recall caught fire last month in Great Britain.
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Consumers are being asked to return 526,000 laptop batteries made by Sony Corp. because they could catch fire, the latest in a record-setting recall involving nearly 7 million computers.
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Apple Computer Inc. on Thursday recalled 1.8 million Sony-built laptop batteries that could overheat and catch fire.
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A York International Corp. YRK.N  subsidiary has agreed to recall about 226,000 natural gas  furnaces because of a fire risk, the U.S. Consumer Product  Safety Commission said on Monday.