Dangerous products find way into thrift stores, study says

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The latest study by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has found that nearly 70% of thrift stores sell at least one product that has been recalled, banned or violates existing safety standards. The study conducted among 301 of 9,500 thrift shops in the US concluded that these stores are selling tens of thousands of unsafe playpens, hair dryers and other products. No federal laws cover the safety of products sold in thrift stores, a situation that the CPSC wants to change.

Used Merchandise Stores, Antiques & Second Hand Stores

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Advances in car technology bring high-class headaches

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Complex computer systems required to do multiple tasks such as checking the pressure in each tire, display stock quotes give directions to a location have broken down on hundreds of luxury vehicles wreaking havoc on the lives of their owners. Complaints about BMW 7-series and Mercedes-Benz E- and S-class cars range from disconnected calls on built-in phones to seats that adjust without warning while cars are moving, to engines that shut down at highway speeds.

Motor vehicles and car bodies, Engine electrical equipment, Automotive Electronics, Other Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing, Automobile industry, Technology application, Motor vehicles

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Cosco's history reads like recipe for recalls

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Cosco has been ordered to pay a record $1.3 million in civil penalties to settle charges that it violated federal law by failing to report hundreds of injuries and one death from the highchair and four other defective products. The Options 5 highchairs were recalled in Nov 2000, after the Consumer Product Safety Commission began collection its own complaints and injury reports. By that time, 57 kids had been hurt.

Metal Household Furniture Manufacturing, Infants' High Chairs, Cosco Inc., High chairs

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