Here are some last minute links that may help your Halloween celebrations go a little smoother:
Last Minutes Halloween Costumes
Halloween Costume Advice
Baby’s First Halloween
Using Face Paints Safely
Halloween Safety Tips
How to Prevent the Most Common Halloween ER Injuries
Tags: Halloween, Halloween costumes, Halloween safety, Halloween Video, Happy Halloween
Posted in: Holidays
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Flashlights Sold Exclusively at Target Recalled Due to Burn Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Halloween Flashlights
Units: About 610,000
Importer: Target, of Minneapolis, Minn.
Manufacturer: [...]
Tags: burn hazard, China, halloween flashlight, Halloween safety, recall, target
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School had already started here in Switzerland when the ‘walk to school’ debate started in the US in September this year. It was partly initiated by an article in the New York Times ‘Why can’t she walk to school?’ The story featured a mother who let her 7-year old girl, a second grader in upstate [...]
Tags: abduction, excercise, obesity, parental fears, Safety, school, walking to school
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Oh no! Not another Halloween warning to dampen our spirits. Every year, we parents are faced with the choice of locking our kids in (thus protecting them from harm) or letting them out and enjoy childhood for a little bit longer. Mrs H’s Halloween Safety Tips just about said it all.
Now, there’s nothing like face [...]
Tags: Allergies, face paints, Halloween, Halloween Masks, Halloween Recalls, make-up
Posted in: Holidays, Products
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CPSC Urges Parents and Caregivers to Stop Using “My Baby Soother”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging parents and caregivers to immediately stop providing “My Baby Soother” pacifiers to their children. The pacifiers were distributed by T & L Trading Corp., of Brooklyn, N.Y. The pacifiers failed to meet federal [...]
Tags: CPSC, pacifiers, recall, T & L Trading, unsafe pacifiers
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