April Recalls:

Fire Hazard Recalls:
Gas Water Heater by A.O. Smith due to Fire and Carbon Monoxide Hazards; A.O. Smith of Ashland City, Tenn. is recalling Natural and Propane Gas Water Heaters. The flue's gas temperature can exceed safe limits. Thus posing a fire hazard by exceeding safe temperatures in the venting unit. Also, the unit's exhaust possibly can leak which creates a carbon monoxide danger.

Serenity Spa Hot Tubs; Gecko Alliance of Quebec, Canada is recalling the spas due to the controls can possibly overheat thus causing a fire hazard.

Helicopter Battery Chargers; Hobby-Lobby International of Brentwood, Tenn. is recalling Lithium-polymer battery chargers and Lithium-polymer batteries due to they can cause a fire hazard by igniting while charging.

Charge-It-All Valets; HSN of St. Petersburg, FL. is recalling all charge-it-all-valets due to the wiring in the powerstrip is the wrong size. Thus causing a fire hazard.

Deck Cleaner; Cabot Stains of Newburypoint, Mass. is recalling Cabot Composite Deck Cleaner due to the fact that it reacts with the packaging by releasing a chlorine gas and heat. Thus it creates a fire and inhalation hazard.

Candle Holders; Walmart of Bentonville, Ark. is recalling Holiday Times Candleholders due to glass holder can break causing cuts, and they can easily tip over causing fires.

Heating and Cooling Units; Goodman Manufacturing of Houstan, Tex. is recalling Gas-Electric Heating & Cooling Units due to the wrong wiring could be installed thus a possibility of a fire could result.

Fire Alarm Control Panel; Gamewell-FCI of Northford, Conn. is recalling Gamewell-FCI 7100 Series Fire Alarm Control Panels due to main circuit board malfunction. Thus when there is a malfunction there is no alert sound to signify it.


Strangulation/Choking Hazard Recalls:

Children's Hooded Sweatshirts; Brents-Riordan of Shreveport, La. is recalling hooded jackets and sweatshirts due to the drawstring through the hood cause a strangulation hazard.

Imaginarium Activity Centers; Toys r Us of Wayne, NJ is recalling Imaginarium multi-sided activity centers and jungle activity centers because the small parts on the toys can come off and children can choke on them.

Plush Insect Toys; Dollar Tree Stores of Chesapeake, Va. is recalling Cuddly Cousins Plush Insect Toys due to their small parts can cause a choking hazard to small children.

Children's Board Book Sets; Dalmation Press of Franklin, Tenn. is recalling Little Builder children's board book sets with toys due to they can cause a choking hazard. The hazard is created because the tailgate of the toy dump truck and the cylinder of the toy concrete mixer can come off.

Magnetic Dart Boards; Henry Gordy of Plainfield, N.J. is recalling Fun 'n Games magnetic dart boards due to the magnets at the end of the darts can come off. If a small child ingests these magnets they can choke, have other problems and sometimes even die.


Lead Paint Recalls:
Lock and Leash Locks; Master Lock of Oak Creek, Wis. is recalling the Lock and Leash Locks due to lead in the red paint exceeds regulations.

Western Rider Push Toys; Santa's Toy Corp. of Los Angeles, Calif. is recalling Western Rider Push Toys due to lead in paint on glove, pants and shirt of rider exceeds regulations.

Seasonal Writing Pens; Michaels Stores of Irving, Texas is recalling all seasonal writing pens= Easter, Flowered, Christmas and Spooky due to their coating exceeds the regulations for lead.

Fake Teeth; FUNTASTIC of Houstan, Texas is recalling Hillbilly teeth due to the gray paint exceeds regulations.

Children's Sunglasses; StyleMark of Osmond Beach, Fla. is recalling Children's Main Street Drag Sunglasses due to orange lettering on temples, of glasses exceeds regulations.

Toy Robots; OKK Trading of Commerce, Calif. is recalling Interchange toy robots due to lead in surface paint exceeds regulations.



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