1 million Chinese-made cribs recalled

[Suzie]

1 million Chinese-made cribs recalled

About one million Simplicity brand cribs made in China are recalled following reports of three infant deaths and entrapment and suffocation concerns.

September 21 2007: 2:18 PM EDT
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<!--endclickprintexclude--> <!-- CONTENT --> NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- About one million Chinese-made, Simplicity brand cribs are being recalled after three infants died and seven were trapped when the drop side of cribs detached causing a dangerous gap, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Failures in the crib's drop side are due to a combination of hardware and design flaws that allow consumers to unintentionally install the drop side upside down. This installation could weaken the hardware and cause the drop side to detach from the crib, creating a gap that could lead to the entrapment and suffocation of infants.

MORE HERE (http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/21/news/crib_recall/index.htm?eref=rss_topstories)

[dPrasse]

I see trade with China is so beneficial ... what we ever do without Chinese made goods ?

[The_Elucidator]

I see trade with China is so beneficial ... what would we ever do without Chinese made goods ?

Live longer? Be safer? Just guessing:biggrin:

[DoctorDoom]

Just how profitable is it for us and for China if every frigging thing we buy from them is recalled or banned as dangerous?

[The_Elucidator]

Just how profitable is it for us and for China if every frigging thing we buy from them is recalled or banned as dangerous?

Not very, considering the headache that the retailer must go through! Not to mention the numerous lawsuits that these moronic libs are just dying to levy against Wal-Mart every chance they get!!!

[Beowulf]

And we keep buying from China because why???? Oh yeah, it's cheaper to build it! Well, you get what you pay for!

[DoctorDoom]

Perhaps the cribs are standard-issue population control devices in the PRC, and they just assumed that we needed them.

[BuckeyeMike]

Perhaps the cribs are standard-issue population control devices in the PRC, and they just assumed that we needed them.

I can see where they would be quite usefull in Washington D.C.!

[Maggie_T]

And we keep buying from China because why???? Oh yeah, it's cheaper to build it! Well, you get what you pay for!

No kidding. :rolleyes:

[TeenageRepublican]

Why am I not surprised by this story? I'm expecting them to call back all of their Chinese tourists because of shipment problems, I wouldn't be surprised. I don't know how they manage to screw up so much.

[Timberwolf]

Gosh, color me so surprised that Tex isn't chiming in with his "free trade" crap.

As I've been saying forever, there are things FAR more important than money...our children's safety had better be right up there at the top of the list...

[DeclinetoState]

How long before we apologize to the Chinese (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119037171135935172.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us) for recalling their death-trap cribs? :mad: