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A new website being launched by the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission will be available for Massachusetts consumers. Called saferproducts.gov, the website is geared toward consumers who want safety information quickly - not after the CPSC has undertaken laborious studies. Consumers can publish complaints and manufactures can respond immediately.

This website is the result of a law, passed by Congress in 2008, that requires CPSC to create a consumer product database in its report to Congress. The CPSC stated that the new Safer Products.gov database will "facilitate and increased exchange of information between CPSC, consumers and industry." It is expected to have a 15 day turnaround from the filing of the complaint to the complaint appearing in the saferproducts.gov database.

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The Jimmy Fund's annual Scooperbowl is testament to Boston residents' love of ice cream. The Massachusetts region is known to have a high consumption of ice cream related products, too. But you are what you eat. Keeping it all natural is certainly a healthy choice, even with ice cream. The . But this once venerable small Vermont dairy operation known for its all natural ingredients, is stripping the claim "all natural" from its packaging under pressure from consumer advocates who pointed out some components of the ice cream are not "all natural" and simply do not exist in nature.

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In the Boston suburb of Plymouth, Massachusetts the overheating of a Law Office of Neil Burns. You can keep safe by following and staying up to date on recent product recalls: Product Recalls.

The laptop in question was later recalled by Hewlett-Packard, but this recall came too late for Mr. Norrie. Mr. Norrie's lawyers have now filed a products liability lawsuit against the laptop-maker, and are seeking more than $225,000 in damages. The suit, first filed in Plymouth Superior Court, was transferred to US District Court in Boston. According to court papers, the laptop - a gift Norrie received six months before the fire - was defective.

Since 2005, Hewlett-Packard has announced recalls of its lithium-ion batteries four times in conjunction with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and other regulators. Customers affected by the recalls were able to receive replacement batteries at no charge.
In recent years, other computer makers, including Dell and Compaq, have also recalled millions of lithium-ion batteries because they were prone to overheating and posed a fire hazard. In 2006, Apple Inc.recalled 1.8 million battery packs because of the same issue.

The problems with computer batteries have led to several deaths. For instance, a 56-year-old Vancouver man was killed last August when his Hewlett-Packard laptop burst into flames on a couch. Care should be taken with laptop's and the advise often given is that these devices should not be left on soft furniture because the material can block air vents and cause overheating.

According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, Dorel Juvenile Group is recalling over 200,000 Safety 1st Disney Care Center Play Yards and Eddie Bauer Complete Care Play Yards bassinets. While no injuries have yet to be reported, the design of the bassinets has a defect that may cause suffocation: there are metal bars under the structure. If they become loose, the sleeping surface cam become uneven, risking suffocation for young children.

Manufactured in China and sold in numerous US big box stores from January 2007 through October 2009, consumers should be on the lookout for the bassinets used, such as at yard sales.

This blog is posted as a safety warning.

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