KID'S FAVORITES CS was pulled from Walmart's shelves

For its profanity!!  GOD bless.  http://sweetpeapond.blogspot.com/

Well, this is sweet

I hear of kids this year giving away their old toys for new Christmas gifts.  GOD bless!!  http://sweetpeapond.blogspot.com

EVENFLO drop-side cribs

Have been recalled due to injury and death.  Sweetpea Pond  http://sweetpeapond.blogspot.com/ 

Saw JENNY McCARTHY talking aobut her new bedding line

for babies 2 CUTE or something like that was the name.  http://sweetpeapond.blogspot.com/ 

PARENTS: WATCH OUT FOR THE VIDEO BARBIE DOLL

FBI's Barbie child memo: Camera 'could be used by paedophiles. 



CRYSTAL

DON'T SHOW YOUR MEDICARE CARD TO ANYONE!!

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I'M SURE MY NIECE, NEPHEW AND FACEBOOK FRIENDS

ALL WANT THOSE NEW SQUINKIES!!  http://sweetpeapond.blogspot.com/

Teach the kids/children responsibility

Like when they get the toys out of the toy chest, teach them to have manners and put them up bf they leave.  Put them @ the table to eat their meals, teach them dinner etiquette.  Teach them to hang their coats on a rack, hanger, or in a closet.  Let them help you clean after themselves, like mopping with a wet rag or sponge if they spill something.  Smart, huh?...  http://sweetpeapond.blogspot.com

STROLLER RECALL

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/20/earlyshow/living/parenting/main6974743.shtml

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Watch out giving your kids frozen vegetables

Now, the Pictsweet Company of Bells, Tennessee are recalling frozen vegetables sold at Wal-Mart and Krogers.

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Check out this link for a new Toy recall - Fisher Price

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SIMILAC has been recalled

Beetles in it!!  I see why people insist on breast-feeding now!!  May be best!!  http://sweetpeapond.blogspot.com

HELP THE PARENTS OUT

TELL THE ABOUT THIS DEAL!!  GET YOUR SCHOOL UNIFORMS @ SEARS FOR A GOOD PRICE!! 

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TODAY, ALL THE TALK IS ABOUT WHOOPPING...

      -OTHER PEOPLE CHILDREN. 

      IN MY OPINION, IF THEY ARE IN YOUR RESPONSIBILTY ALONE ENTRUSTED BY THE PARENTS PERMISSIBLE SPANKING IS/WOULD BE ALRIGHT. 

     BUT REALLY, THE THING ABOUT WHOOPING OTHERS' IN PUBLIC LEAVE THAT TO THE PARENTS OR CUSTODIAL BEINGS THEY ARE WITH TO TELL YOU TO DO IT OR NOT. 

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SWIMMING TIPS, IT BEING SUMMER N ALL

http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/welcome/summer/swimming_safety.html

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Get the deals with the tax-free w'end!!

THIS WEEKEND!!  http://sweetpeapond

I hear the best thing to was to wash children's/babies' clothes in is Dreft

Go ahead!!

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IT'S ABOUT EVERYTHIING!!  CHECK OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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RECALLS OF CHIDREN'S CEREALS

Watch giving/buying SUGAR SMACKS, CORN POPS n APPLE JACKS 2 your kids/children!! The cereals emmit some kind of terrible smell!!

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Read what this guy said about McDonald's luring children in 2 eat the Happy Meal

Font SizeA A A McDonald's May Face Suit Over Happy Meal Toys


Consumer Group Says Toys Lure Kids to Unhealthy Foods; McDonald's Defends Happy Meals

By Daniel J. DeNoon

WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Laura J. Martin, MDJune 22, 2010 - A watchdog group threatens to sue McDonald's, claiming Happy Meals toys lure kids into unhealthy eating habits and break state consumer-protection laws.



"McDonald's is the stranger in the playground handing out candy to children," Stephen Gardner, litigation director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), says in a news release.



The CSPI says it will sue McDonald's if the firm doesn't stop its toy-related promotions within 30 days. The group claims that the toys are "unfair and deceptive" marketing that violates laws in Massachusetts, Texas, New Jersey, California, and the District of Columbia.



The group points to a 2006 study by the Federal Trade Commission showing that fast-food companies -- McDonald's foremost among them -- spent $520 million in advertising directed at children. Toy giveaways represented more than $350 million of this total.



McDonald's recent ads featured the lovable cartoon ogre Shrek. The Happy Meals in those ads offer Apple Dippers and 1% milk instead of french fries and sugary soft drinks.



But that's not what most kids get, the CSPI claims. A CSPI study found that nine out of 10 times, a child or adult who orders a Happy Meal without specifying Apple Dippers is given french fries.



Children still get toys even if they order a Happy Meal with a cheeseburger, french fries, and a Sprite. Such a meal gives a child age 4 to 8 years old half a day's calories, two days' worth of saturated fat, two days' worth of sugar, and a large dose of salt.



"Eating Happy Meals promotes eating habits that are virtually assured to undermine children's health," Gardner wrote in the CSPI's warning letter to McDonald's.



Nutrition aside, the CSPI suggests that McDonald's marketing to children is "predatory and wrong" because young children are not "developmentally advanced enough" to resist the marketing.



"McDonald's marketing has the effect of conscripting America's children into an unpaid drone army of word-of-mouth marketers, causing them to pester their parents to bring them to McDonald's," Gardner wrote in the letter.



In a statement, McDonald's strongly objects to the CSPI claims.



"We couldn’t disagree more with the misrepresentation of our food and marketing practices made by CSPI," William Whitman, McDonald's vice president of communications, said in the statement.



Whitman notes that McDonald's is a prominent member of the Council for Better Business Bureau's voluntary initiative to address children's well-being. He defends Happy Meals and notes that since 2008, U.S. customers have purchased 100 million of the meals with Apple Dippers. In 2009, he says, McDonald's served 31 million gallons of milk -- three times the amount of milk served in 2004.



"Happy meals are right-sized for kids, a concept that has not changed since its introduction in 1979," Whitman says.



And what of the claim that toys are deceptive and unfair advertising?



"We are proud of our Happy Meal which gives our customers wholesome food and toys of the highest quality and safety. Getting a toy is just one part of a fun, family experience at McDonald's," Whitman says.



What will happen?



The CSPI's threat of a lawsuit in 2006 led to a settlement agreement with Kellogg to set nutrition standards for foods advertised to young audiences. And its suit against KFC over the use of partly hydrogenated vegetable oil -- making KFC chicken high in unhealthy trans fat -- was dropped when KFC phased out the oils, making its product trans-fat free.



This is, however, the first time the CSPI may be taking McDonald's to court.

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Here's diapers coupons

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URGENT MESSAGE!!: SHREK GLASSES @ McDONALD's

THEY CONTAIN CADMIUM!! IF YOU HAVE THEM THROW THEM AWAY!!!!
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BPA dangers

They are in products that are plastic and have a 7 in the middle of an arrow triangle. This has been known to cause autism and ADHD!! Watch out!! Buy organic--it will go down in price if we all start buying--supply n demand clause y'all!!

Can foods have it in them!! Eat frozen vegetables or fresh--wash these well!! Anyway, (fruits n vegetables)!! No microwable plastic!!

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Have your kids try Shutterfly

Here's a coupon:
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Check this out about recalled children's hooded jackets

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Now, MOTRIN has been recalled

Johnson & Johnson learned of potential problems with its Motrin formula in 2008, but instead of issuing a recall, hired an outside contractor which began buying up...

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Now, MOTRIN has been recalled

Johnson & Johnson learned of potential problems with its Motrin formula in 2008, but instead of issuing a recall, hired an outside contractor which began buying up...

WHAT'S THIS ON PAMPERS?

Procter & Gamble sought to squelch allegations that some of its top-selling diapers are causing chemical burns, describing assertions in a lawsuit against the firm as "completely false."
The Cincinnati, Ohio firm is battling a lawsuit and a vigorous Facebook campaign over accusations its "Drymax" equipped Pampers contain harmful chemicals.
"Our hearts go out to any mom and dad whose babies suffer from diaper rash," said P&G spokesman Bryan McCleary on Friday. "We have great sympathy."
But he added "the claims made in this lawsuit are completely false."
That is disputed by angry parents who have posted photos on the social networking website, purportedly showing their children with skin rashes caused by the Pampers Cruisers and Swaddlers diapers, which went on sale in the United States and Canada in March.
One Facebook page had garnered 7,323 members by Friday evening, asking "how do we now get rid of this rash/chemical burn."
"Two billion Drymax have been sold," said McCleary. "America has voted with their purchases.
"We saw a big increase in sales, a big increase in consumer acceptance... they will be appearing in other Pampers markets soon."
He said complaints about the diapers were not above normal levels of one per five million sold.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission, which is investigating the claims, said it was speeding its probe, which began this month.
"We're working on a very expedited timeline, we have the same sense of urgency that the firm and the parents have," said spokesman Scott Wolfons.
"The safety of babies is at the heart of the mission of the agency."
Procter's baby products represent around 14 billion dollars in sales each year.

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Check this out about good childcare and school grades

Quality Child Care Linked to Better Grades a Decade Later


LiveScience.com livescience Staff

The amount of time a kid spends in child care, and the quality of that care, could influence academic performance and behavior during adolescence, a new study finds.


Those with high-quality care scored higher on measures of academic and cognitive achievement when they were 15 years old, and were less likely to misbehave, than those with lower-quality child care.


And regardless of care quality, those who spent the greatest number of hours in child care in their first 4.5 years were slightly more likely to be impulsive and take risks at age 15.


While previous studies have found a similar effect, such as a link between child care and IQ, the current study is the first to show the impact is long-lasting, showing up a decade after the child has left the care.


However, the results only show an association, and not a direct cause-effect link. It is also possible that other factors, not measured in the study, were involved.


The study included 1,364 youths who were born in 1991 and who were followed periodically since they were 1 month old. The children were recruited from 10 cities in the United States.


At least once a year until sixth grade, children were evaluated with tests to measure cognitive and academic progress. Parents indicated the type, quantity and quality of child care, while the researchers also observed child-care interactions to evaluate the quality of care, rated on a scale from 1 to 4. High-quality care was characterized by the caregivers' warmth, support, and cognitive stimulation of the children under their care.


Of the children studied, nearly 90 percent spent some time in the care of someone other than their mother by the time they reached 4.5 years of age.


At 15, the children completed tests to assess academic achievement. They also self-evaluated their behavior, with a questionnaire that asked about behavioral problems, such as acting out in class; impulsivity (acting without thinking through the consequences); and risk taking (engaging in behaviors that might harm themselves or others).


Forty percent of the children experienced high-quality or moderately high-quality care. There was a modest link between higher quality care and higher results on cognitive and academic assessments, including reading and math tests. This correlation was similar at age 4.5 and age 15.


"High quality child care appears to provide a small boost to academic performance, perhaps by fostering the early acquisition of school readiness skills," said James A. Griffin, deputy chief of the NICHD Child Development & Behavior Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, which funded the research. "Likewise, more time spent in child care may provide a different socialization experience, resulting in slightly more impulsive and risk-taking behaviors in adolescence."


The study's findings were consistent among boys and girls.


The results held even after the researchers accounted for family income, the mother's level of education, and mothers' reports of depression symptoms.


Other environmental factors besides child care have also been found to have effects years later. For instance, one recent study showed a link between how much TV a child watched at age 2 and academic, social and health problems at age 10.


The new study is published in the May/June issue of the journal Child Development.

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GET CARTOONS...

VIDEOS, DVD's. SOMETHING THAT KIDS WILL WATCH. YOU GOT THEM OCCUPIED THEN!! BARNEY, THE WIGGLES, POOH BEAR, POPEYE, WOODY WOODPECKER, BOB THE BUILDER, THE LION KING, MONSTER TRUCKS, BLUE'S CLUES OCCUPIES OURS!! KISSES, PEOPLE!!

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CHORES

LET YOUR KIDS DO CHORES AROUND THE HOUSE LIKE: WASHING DISHES, MOPPING, DUSTING, CLEANING. THEY'LL THINK IT'S FUN! GIVE THEM AN OLD SOCK--A WET RAG AND LET THEM HAVE @ IT.

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PLAYTIME

GIVE THE KIDS YOUR POTS N PANS TO PLAY WIHT--WOODEN SPOONS--THE WHOLE WORKS. THEY'LL HAVE A BALL. YOU MIGHT HAVE A HEADACHE, BUT THEY WILL HAVE A BALL!!

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TIP FOR SOOTHING A COLICKY BABY

RUN HOT WATER IN YOUR SINK OR BATHTUB UNTIL THERE IS STEAM. HAVE THE BABY BREATHE THAT IN TO BREAK UP THE MUCUS TO RELIEVE THE SYMPTOMS OF COLIC.

DID THIS FOR A COUPLE OF KIDS I KEPT YEARS BACK. IT WORKED!!

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GRACO RECALLS

HIGHCHAIR AND STROLLER. IF YOU HAVE EITHER, CHECK THIS OUT AND GET THESE FIXED OR GET ANOTHER ONE!!

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SPRING BREAK

WHAT TO DO WITH THE KIDS FOR SPRING BREAK?? PLAY GAMES. TAKE THEM OUTSIDE IF IT'S NICE WHERE U R. HAVE FUN!! MAKE THINGS, GET ALONG!! THEY NEED SOMETHING TO DO!!

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Here's a report on the recalled baby slings

CPSC Warns of Baby Sling Dangers
Agency Addresses Apparent Suffocation Danger; Other Types of Serious Injuries Reported
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Baby slings are the subject of concern on the part of the Consumer Product safety Commission and child safety advocates. (AP)
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Gov't: Baby Slings Can Cause Suffocation
(CBS) The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning Friday that baby slings -- which parents put around their necks to carry their babies -- may pose a risk of suffocation.

In researching incident reports from the past 20 years, the CPSC identified and is investigating at least 14 deaths associated with sling-style infant carriers, including three in 2009. Twelve of the deaths involved babies younger than four months of age.

Don Mays, of Consumer Reports, explains that the potential hazards of putting small babies -- especially newborns -- into bag-style slings arise because, "A very young infant's head will be folded forward. That cuts off the airway, and they essentially suffocate. Another problem could be if the baby's head could be nestled up against the carrier's body."

The CPSC said many of the babies who died in slings were either a low birth weight twin, were born prematurely, or had breathing issues such as a cold. Therefore, it urged parents of preemies, twins, babies in fragile health and those with low weight to use extra care and consult their pediatricians about using slings.

Between 2006 and 2008, sales for soft infant carriers rose 43 percent, to more than $21 million, reports CBS News Correspondent Elaine Quijano, but there are no federal safety standards covering sling-type carriers.

"Don't use slings at all," Mays recommends. "There are safer ways of carrying your baby than in a sling."

A lesson that will always haunt Lisa Cochran, whose week-old infant, Derrik, suddenly stopped breathing as he rested quietly against her in May in a bag-style sling, made by Infantino. He died.

"(Such devices were) highly recommended -- especially for breast-feeding mothers and mothers in general. … (They) kept (the infants) close to your heart, so they could hear your heart beat."

Cochran, of Keizer, Ore., and who is pregnant again, says, "I, as a first-time mom, had no clue I could walk into a store and pick something off the shelf that wasn't safe."

She is suing the Infantino, which issued a statement to CBS News saying, "While Infantino believes that its Slingrider baby sling is a safe product, the company is working with the CPSC to address the agency's concerns and those of any parents and caregivers."

While Friday's CPSC warning will address the suffocation danger, Consumer Reports says at least 37 other children have suffered serious injuries, including skull fractures, while being carried in or falling out of baby slings. That led to a recall in 2007.

Nancy Cowles, executive director of Kids in Danger, a non-profit group working on product safety issues, told co-anchor Erica Hill the CPSC needs to "look closely" at the carriers in which the deaths occurred to see if "there does need to be a specific recall of specific products, but the warning, additional instructions and a standard, frankly, for these products is what's needed to make sure that … when you go to the store to buy something, you know that someone has already made sure that it's going to be safe for your child."

"It should be noted that women have been using slings for centuries safely to carry their babies. Obviously, the ones involved in the deaths, I think people should wait to hear the CPSC's warning to see if there's anymore specific information. But with these products, you need to make sure you're using one that's been recommended to you, that they have adequate safety information, either on their Web site or that comes with the product, and that you check with someone and that you see what your baby's position is in it at all times, not just when you first put them in it, to make sure that it's going to be something that will keep them in a safe position."

Cowles suggested that parents suggest slings with their doctors, but it "certainly would not hurt to wait" to use them until a baby is several weeks old and has more control of his or her head.
from cbs news

CADMIUM IN CHILDREN'S TOYS AND JEWELRY

HONG KONG — China's product safety agency will look into reports that dangerous levels of cadmium are being used in exports of children's jewelry, a Chinese official said Tuesday following growing concern in the United States about the products.
Attending a toy safety conference in Hong Kong, the official said his agency just learned of findings in an Associated Press investigation published Sunday.

"We just heard about this, and we will investigate," said Wang Xin, a director general for the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.

Though Wang does not have the authority to order a full-bore inquiry, his comments were the government's first on the matter and show China's nervousness about potential troubles in the U.S., the biggest Chinese export market.

Also Tuesday, an international chain store said it will no longer sell a charm bracelet that lab testing reported by the AP showed was laden with toxic cadmium.

In a statement, Claire's said it has no reason to believe that the product is unsafe, but is removing it "out of an abundance of caution."

Charms on the "Best Friends" bracelet contained 89% and 91% cadmium, according to testing organized by AP, and shed alarming amounts in a procedure that looks at how much cadmium children might be exposed to.

On Monday, retail giant Walmart pulled products cited in the AP report from its stores in the U.S. The attorney general of Connecticut promised to investigate suspect costume jewelry. A New York state legislator called for a ban on the sale of children's jewelry with cadmium in the state. The top U.S. consumer safety regulator warned Asian manufacturers that cadmium and other toxins must be kept out of children's charm bracelets, pendants and other baubles.


RELATED: Wal-Mart to close 10 Sam's Club stores

Lab tests conducted for the AP on 103 pieces of low-priced children's jewelry on sale in the U.S. found 12 items with elevated levels of cadmium, which can hinder brain development in young children, according to recent research, and is known to cause cancer.

Twelve items had cadmium levels of at least 10% by weight. One piece had 91%, and others contained more than 80%. The government has no restrictions on cadmium in jewelry.

The findings of cadmium contamination come on the heels of a string of product quality scandals in 2007 that caused Congress in 2008 to ban toys and other kids products that contain lead — another dangerous and once commonly used material. Cadmium is even more harmful.

A soft, whitish metal that occurs naturally in soil, cadmium is perhaps best known as half of rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries, but also is used in pigments, electroplating and plastic. Low-cost jewelry makers find cadmium attractive because it is cheap and easy to work with.

Melissa Hill, a spokeswoman for Wal-Mart Stores, called the AP findings "troubling." She said the company, which is the world's largest retailer, has a special responsibility "to take swift action, and we are doing so."

In taped remarks delivered at the toy safety conference in Hong Kong, the chairwoman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission urged other countries to ensure that manufacturers do not substitute cadmium, antimony or barium in place of lead in children's products.

"All of us should be committed to keeping hazardous or toxic levels of heavy metals out of ... toys and children's products," Inez Tenenbaum said in a transcript of the remarks.

Tenenbaum singled out cadmium for special vigilance and said: "Voluntary efforts will only take us so far."

The commission immediately said it was opening an investigation into the AP's findings, promising to "take action as quickly as possible to protect the safety of children."

Stung by the product scandals earlier this decade, toy manufacturers in Hong Kong said they understood why the U.S. would tighten regulations further.

Vincent Tan, director for compliance at the Jetta Co., a toy manufacturer, said he would support a cadmium ban "if scientific evidence supports that it is leaching and causing hazards for children."

Companies like Jetta — which has made electronic and plastic toys for U.S. companies like Hasbro and Mattel but does not produce children's jewelry — do not use cadmium in paint. But the metal may be present in alloys it uses.

Children can be exposed by sucking or biting such toys and jewelry. But without direct exposure, most people do not experience cadmium's worst effects: cancer, kidneys that leak vital protein and bones that spontaneously snap.

The worrisome results came in tests of bracelet charms sold at Walmart stores, at the jewelry chain Claire's and at a Dollar N More store. High amounts of cadmium also were detected in "The Princess and The Frog" movie-themed pendants.

U.S.-based trade groups, as well as distributors and sellers of the jewelry containing cadmium, said their products meet safety standards. Cadmium is regulated in painted toys but not in jewelry.

A cadmium specialist with the Beijing office of Asian Metal Ltd., a market research and consultancy firm, said products with cadmium are normally directed to the Chinese domestic market.

A 2008 law imposed limits on lead in children's products and sent factories rushing for substitutes. About the same time, cadmium prices dropped, in part because nickel-cadmium batteries are swiftly being replaced with newer designs.

The AP National Investigative Team can be reached at investigate@ap.org.

Contributing: Associated Press writers Justin Pritchard in Los Angeles, Jeff Donn in Boston, Stephen Singer in Hartford, Conn., and Rik Stevens in Albany, N.Y.

Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

READ THIS ABOUT LEAD IN TOYS AND JEWELRY FOR CHILDREN

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"Let's Move"

That's Mrs. Michelle Obama's initiative to help stop childhood obesity. Let's hope this point gets across -to America!!

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ANOTHER CRIB RECALL FROM YAHOO

http://cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10134.html CHECK OUT THIS LINK!!
as the kids used to call me, Ms. Crystal
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Make sure you get the phone numbers of the parents, their jobs, grandparents, family members if something happens

LIKE AN EMERGENCY OR SOMETHING. Sweetpea

Here's what was said about the latest TYLENOL recall

By JOSEPH BROWNSTEIN ABC News Medical Unit
Jan. 15, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration slammed Tylenol manufacturer McNeil Healthcare LLC during a media briefing Friday morning for what it called a slow response to problems at a facility in Puerto Rico that led to consumers becoming sickened by tainted pills.
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Two more products are cited in odor complaints, according to the FDA.
"McNeil should have acted faster," said Deborah Autor, director of the FDA's Office of Compliance, of the arm of Johnson & Johnson that manufactures Tylenol products, adding "When something smells bad, literally or figuratively, they must aggressively investigate and solve the problem."
A recall of Tylenol products has began last month with the popular Tylenol arthritis caplet expanded to include more than two dozen other over-the-counter products manufactured by McNeil.
CLICK HERE for more information on recalled Tylenol products.
The broadened directive adds 54 million bottles of product to the recall, boosting the total number of bottles recalled by McNeil to approximately 60 million, according to the company.
McNeilinitiated a voluntary recall of Tylenol Arthritis Relief Caplets at the end of December after consumer complaints of stomach problems. The problems were linked to the presence of a chemical called 2,4,6-tribromoanisole (TBA), which results from the breakdown of a chemical in wood pallets used to transport and store packaging materials for the drugs.
Now it appears that the problem extended into other Tylenol products as well, according to the FDA.
Tylenol Extra Strength, Rolaids and a number of children's medicines are now included in the recall, which affects 27 products in various packaging quantities.
McNeil released a statement today in which it said the voluntary recall is being conducted in consultation with the FDA and affects a number of products for which there have been no complaints.
The company added that the musty-smelling chemical thought to be the cause of the sickness posed no fatal risk to those who ingest it.
"The health effects of this chemical have not been well studied, but no serious events have been documented in the medical literature," the statement read.
"In addition to the product recall, McNeil Consumer Healthcare is continuing its investigation into the issue and is taking further actions that include ceasing shipment of products produced using materials shipped on these wood pallets and requiring suppliers who ship materials to our plants to discontinue the use of these pallets."
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