EXPLAINED: 12 - The Real Truth

FACT FOCUS: Biden administration isn't banning gas stoves

Following comments made by a member of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, misleading claims that the Biden administration is planning on banning gas stoves have spread widely across social media platforms this week

The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023

Right's new fight: Gas stoves

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has forcefully denied that it is considering a ban on gas stoves.

Axios · Jan 12, 2023

Ted Cruz roundly mocked after trying to call Jill Biden a hypocrite on gas stove row: ‘Cancun lately?’

Texas senator’s ‘rules for thee but not for me’ remark used against him by Twitter users

The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023

Fisher-Price reminds customers of sleeper recall after more reported infant deaths

Fisher-Price and Kids2 are both re-announcing recalls of their inclined sleepers initially issued in 2019 because more infant deaths have been reported.

WEKU · Jan 10, 2023

'Stop using these products immediately': Fisher-Price’s Rock 'n Play Sleeper issued with another recall warning

The Consumer Product Safety Commission announcement comes almost four years after the Rock 'n Play Sleeper was initially recalled in April 2019.

Fortune · Jan 10, 2023

Peloton agrees to pay a $19 million fine for delay in disclosing treadmill defects

The fitness company had received over 150 reports of safety incidents linked to its popular Tread+ machine — including the death of a child — before notifying regulators, a U.S. safety agency said.

WEKU · Jan 5, 2023

Target urgently recalls weighted blankets for children after two girls suffocate to death

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission said there had been four reports of children becoming trapped inside the Pillowfort weighted blanket

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2022

Target recalls weighted blankets after reports of 2 girls suffocating under one

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling about 204,000 of the children's weighted blankets, which were being exclusively sold at Target.

WEKU · Dec 23, 2022

How to protect your baby from SIDS

A professor of pediatrics explains how infants sleep, and how to protect one's baby from SIDS

Salon · Dec 11, 2022

Thousands of toddler sippy cups and bottles are recalled over lead poisoning risk

The bottom base of some Green Sprouts products can break off, exposing a solder dot that contains the toxic metal, a federal regulator said. No injuries have been reported from such incidents.

WEKU · Nov 28, 2022