CPSC Announces Holiday Toy Safety Round-Up
Press Release # 00-039
Transcript
There is no audio for this video. The picture sequence is as follows:
- Screen reading: "CPSC is warning parents to check for the following previously recalled products that could be deadly. "Toy Basketball Nets"; Children can strangle in the nets when the knots slide apart leaving wide openings, or when the nets become detached from the rims. An 18-month-old child died when he became entangled in a partly...."
- Next screen reading: "Toy Basketball Nets" (Cont.).... unhooked net. Eleven million toy basketball nets under several different brand names have been recalled. Check yours to make sure it is not one of them."
- View of toy basketball nets.
- View of more toy basketball nets.
- Close-up of net.
- Hand going through net to show wide opening and how entanglement can occur.
- Someone inspecting the net.
- Close-up of wide opening.
- Close-up of net and the wide opening being spread out.
- Children playing with the basketball net outdoors.
- Children playing with basketball net inside a room.
- Screen reading: "Swimming Pool Dive Sticks"; "Children can be injured when they jump or dive into a shallow pool onto these sticks. Several children have been impacted rectally or vaginally and suffered serious injuries. Nineteen-million dive sticks have been recalled under several different brand names. Consumers should stop using these dive sticks immediately."
- Dive sticks by a pool.
- Close-up of dive sticks.
- Close-up of dive sticks.
- Close-up of two children.
- Group of children by a pool.
- View of two dive sticks in the water.
- View of one dive stick in the water.
- View of three dive sticks in the water.
- Two children throwing dive sticks in the water.
- Close-up of six dive sticks in the water.
- Screen reading: "Flammable Spray String"; "Children can be burned when string is spayed around birthday candles. There have been several burn injuries from these products. More than 1 million units of "Party Time Happy String," "Crazy String," and "Crazy Ribbon" have been recalled. Consumers should stop using this string immediately."
- View of 4 spray string cans, all reading in part: "Happy String."
- View of two cans.
- View of surface, can being sprayed against wall and catching fire.
- View of surface, can being sprayed against wall and catching fire from a different angle.
- View of a birthday cake.
- View of a birthday cake catching fire.
- Can being spayed and surface catches on fire.
- Close-up of surface on fire.
- Close-up of things on table on fire.
- Screen reading: "Star Wars Lightsabers"; "Children can be burned when batteries overheat. In some models without a battery protector, a spring dislodged, causing the batteries to overheat and rupture. Consumers should stop using this toy until it's repaired."
- View of two product boxes and product out of box.
- View of boxes with products inside and products without boxes.
- Close-up of products and a product being picked up and the batteries being taken out.
- Two children playing with product.
- Screen reading: "Pooh Poppin' Piano"; "Children can choke on the green top that can break off of the microphone. More than 200-thousand units have been recalled. Parents should stop using this toy immediately."
- Product in box.
- Product out of box.
- Close-up of microphone.
- View of toy, microphone being picked up and the green part of it being taken off.
- Sounds of music from the toy.
- Toy being played with.
- Close-up of buttons being played with.
- Another angle of toy being played with.
- Toy being played with.
- Screen reading: "For models numbers and specific instructions about these and other recalled toys, consumers can call CPSC's hotline at 800-638-2772 or they can visit their website at: www.cpsc.gov."
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