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height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2024/10/07/defective-parents-left-be-product-testers-with-their-babies-subjects/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: Parents left to be product testers with their babies as subjects</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Feb. 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Jill Riepenhoff</span><span> and </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author2="">Jamie Grey</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">When a new toy or baby invention hits the market, most parents assume those products have undergone rigorous safety testing. Our investigators found this isn't always the case.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-3 py-3 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-left mr-2"><a href="/2024/12/20/defective-invention-market/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100 rounded-0"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg, rgb(150, 150, 150) 0%, rgb(150, 150, 150) 5px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8) 5px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 80%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | small 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fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: From Invention to Market</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Dec. 20, 2024 at 5:09 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Jamie Grey</span><span>, </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author2="">Jill Riepenhoff</span><span>, </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author3="">Lee Zurik</span><span>, </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author4="">Scotty Smith</span><span> and </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author5="">Owen Hornstein</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">When a new type of toy or baby invention hits the market, most parents assume those products have undergone rigorous safety testing.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-3 py-3 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-left mr-2"><a href="/2024/06/10/defective-baby-product-industry-insiders-questioned-over-involvement-with-setting-own-safety-standards/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100 rounded-0"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg, rgb(150, 150, 150) 0%, rgb(150, 150, 150) 5px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8) 5px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 80%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | small font-weight-bold text-uppercase font-weight-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Investigations</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2024/06/10/defective-baby-product-industry-insiders-questioned-over-involvement-with-setting-own-safety-standards/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="rounded-0 img-fluid" alt="Defective: Baby industry insiders questioned over involvement with setting own safety standards" loading="eager" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-investigatetv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/HYN7KUXNAVBENB7DSRXAU65O6A.png?auth=35dd1564b279a0c8eb5964f1b4a18946e859622efd2631039029e1f25d351f73&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2024/06/10/defective-baby-product-industry-insiders-questioned-over-involvement-with-setting-own-safety-standards/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: Baby product industry insiders questioned over involvement with setting own safety standards</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Sep. 12, 2024 at 10:14 AM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Jill Riepenhoff</span><span>, </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author2="">Jamie Grey</span><span> and </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author3="">Lee Zurik</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Parents, consumer advocates, pediatricians and others are sounding alarms about a baby product named in death reports: weighted infant sleepwear.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-3 py-3 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-left mr-2"><a href="/2024/08/06/defective-lawmakers-seek-ban-weighted-infant-blankets-sleepwear-babies/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100 rounded-0"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg, rgb(150, 150, 150) 0%, rgb(150, 150, 150) 5px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8) 5px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 80%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | small font-weight-bold text-uppercase font-weight-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Investigations</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2024/08/06/defective-lawmakers-seek-ban-weighted-infant-blankets-sleepwear-babies/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="rounded-0 img-fluid" alt="Lawmakers seek to ban weighted infant blankets and sleepwear for babies" loading="eager" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-investigatetv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/SOZC2DRRBVB4PO74RAD34TCW3E.png?auth=e8b773d5f3fc883278fb8726d6012d734525bdcbda5ca20c6bb1c8c1bd56fe35&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2024/08/06/defective-lawmakers-seek-ban-weighted-infant-blankets-sleepwear-babies/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: Lawmakers seek to ban weighted infant blankets, sleepwear for babies</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Aug. 6, 2024 at 2:50 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Jill Riepenhoff</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Doctors and consumer advocates say these products put infants at risk</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div></div></div></section><section class="top-right-rail | rail d-flex flex-column flex-lg-fill"><div class="arc-ad | d-flex flex-column ad-type-cube ad-flex-cube include-disclaimer justify-content-center text-center"><div class="arc-ad-wrapper |"><div id="ad-akvO7-QkV5m0oCJzaBRF_eZmu8ry0OixC1QM_VxecekiWwhJIg" class="investigatetv.com/web/investigations/defective arcad py-2 mb-3"></div></div></div></section></div><section class="middle-wrapped | col-12"></section><div class="col-12 d-flex flex-column flex-lg-row w-100"><section 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pr-2 small font-weight-bold text-uppercase font-weight-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Defective</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2024/04/19/defective-documentary/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" alt="InvestigateTV - Season 2; Episode 15" loading="eager" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-investigatetv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/6GINLMNRKRDQDHMQ54EA3Y4HY4.png?auth=02ad55c9faae48e800689783685c2b0a3e274d48faaac752eb69b9973d3d80dd&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2024/04/19/defective-documentary/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: The Documentary</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Apr. 19, 2024 at 3:01 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">InvestigateTV Staff</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">In this InvestigateTV special, our team of journalists discusses how they investigated the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s role in informing the public about potentially dangerous products and how a law often prevents the agency from releasing information or issuing recalls without the consent of product makers.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-left mr-2"><a href="/2024/04/08/defective-toy-companies-continue-selling-similar-products-following-recalls/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pr-2 small font-weight-bold text-uppercase font-weight-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Defective</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2024/04/08/defective-toy-companies-continue-selling-similar-products-following-recalls/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" alt="Defective: Toy companies continue selling similar products following recalls" loading="eager" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-investigatetv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/DUCXKGBRWNGUDF5LQ2OI2DSFWU.jpg?auth=d0b2a8065165e93d22005e6f8aea8911a4bce5a88e470b571fc10132d51b8fd3&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2024/04/08/defective-toy-companies-continue-selling-similar-products-following-recalls/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: Toy companies continue selling similar products following recalls</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Apr. 8, 2024 at 3:25 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Jamie Grey</span><span>, </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author2="">Jill Riepenhoff</span><span> and </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author3="">Lee Zurik</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Recalls of dangerous consumer products can sometimes take months if not years. But even after a recall, similar-looking products remain on the market. InvestigateTV examined toys that had been recalled and similar-looking products that weren't.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-left mr-2"><a href="/2024/01/29/defective-colorful-water-beads-remain-sale-despite-retailers-pledge-pull-kids-product/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pr-2 small font-weight-bold text-uppercase font-weight-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Defective</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2024/01/29/defective-colorful-water-beads-remain-sale-despite-retailers-pledge-pull-kids-product/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" alt="Parents and safety advocates question "non-toxic" labels on toys and craft supplies." loading="eager" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-investigatetv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/VHMOU3VL5FD2RIXC3N7NTLMOYI.jpg?auth=55b9e604bb1284f92feee81646929371fe39571b0c2dc374584f91e3e006cb8e&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2024/01/29/defective-colorful-water-beads-remain-sale-despite-retailers-pledge-pull-kids-product/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: Colorful water beads remain for sale despite retailers’ pledge to pull kids product</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Jan. 29, 2024 at 1:48 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Jill Riepenhoff</span><span>, </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author2="">Jamie Grey</span><span> and </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author3="">Lee Zurik</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Thousands of children have been injured by ingesting water beads - tiny specks about the size of a cookie sprinkle that expand 100 times their size when exposed to water.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-left mr-2"><a href="/2023/08/28/defective-dangerous-consumer-products-find-their-way-into-america-by-ship-through-online-retailers/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pr-2 small font-weight-bold text-uppercase font-weight-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Defective</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2023/08/28/defective-dangerous-consumer-products-find-their-way-into-america-by-ship-through-online-retailers/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" alt="Federal agents check boxes at a port for banned items." loading="eager" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-investigatetv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/LHQVVBMJOBF3ZFKUGZJ6S3HUQI.png?auth=0bb1c85b27950202623197cfc4b402fc8a062865cbc31d88267fb2983c429f8e&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2023/08/28/defective-dangerous-consumer-products-find-their-way-into-america-by-ship-through-online-retailers/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: Dangerous consumer products find their way into America by ship and through online retailers</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Aug. 28, 2023 at 2:04 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Jill Riepenhoff</span><span>, </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author2="">Jamie Grey</span><span>, </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author3="">Lee Zurik</span><span>, </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author4="">Austin Hedgcoth</span><span> and </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author5="">Conner Hendricks</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Every year, the CPSC finds thousands of everyday household products for sale online or arriving at shipping ports that fail to meet federal safety standards. It is illegal to sell products in the U.S. that have been banned, recalled or failed to meet federal safety standards.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-left mr-2"><a href="/2023/07/31/defective-after-recalls-americans-continue-die-get-injured-products-remain-homes-sale-online/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pr-2 small font-weight-bold text-uppercase font-weight-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Defective</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2023/07/31/defective-after-recalls-americans-continue-die-get-injured-products-remain-homes-sale-online/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" alt="Lydia Calvacca holds her grandaughter Ryan Matzen with her daughter Kiara Matzen next to her." loading="eager" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-investigatetv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/IE3PQIWMBJE3BFDWZPSL7YXYUM.PNG?auth=1d6f9099a764e0419d0dd0f29f73aef0f191968d3f47cd44a365bd997674d64b&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2023/07/31/defective-after-recalls-americans-continue-die-get-injured-products-remain-homes-sale-online/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: After recalls, Americans continue to die and get injured as products remain in homes and for sale online</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Jul. 31, 2023 at 2:09 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Jill Riepenhoff</span><span>, </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author2="">Jamie Grey</span><span> and </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author3="">Lee Zurik</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">An InvestigateTV analysis of Consumer Product Safety Commission data shows that since 2000, the agency has had to re-announce the recall of at least 46 products because the original alert did not reach the ears of consumers and, in many cases, continued to cause harm.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-left mr-2"><a href="/2023/02/09/defective-new-report-product-recalls-reinforces-that-flawed-federal-law-has-led-unnecessary-injuries/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pr-2 small font-weight-bold text-uppercase font-weight-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Investigations</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2023/02/09/defective-new-report-product-recalls-reinforces-that-flawed-federal-law-has-led-unnecessary-injuries/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" alt="A new consumer watchdog report looks into the system of recalls in the United States and calls..." loading="eager" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-investigatetv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/TTUBIUPGRJAS5GOCBAVLUS2JKI.PNG?auth=d359f455203e08da7527f1293eb2c68f955f5e6c8a8597fc70d886aaa67b69db&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2023/02/09/defective-new-report-product-recalls-reinforces-that-flawed-federal-law-has-led-unnecessary-injuries/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: New report on product recalls reinforces that a flawed federal law has led to unnecessary injuries</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 5:24 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Jill Riepenhoff</span><span> and </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author2="">Caresse Jackman</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Despite its best efforts to safeguard consumers from dangerous household items, a report from a non-profit consumer group found the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is hamstrung, in large part, by Congress.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div></div></div></section><section class="middle-right-rail | rail d-flex flex-column flex-lg-fill"><div class="w-100" style="height:250px"></div></section></div><section class="middle-top | col-12"><div class="w-100" style="height:250px"></div><div class="flex-feature-feed | mb-0" data-tb-region="flex-feature-feed-0foyxuy1nrz"><div class="card-deck mx-n2 mb-0"><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-left mr-2"><a href="/2023/01/23/defective-how-look-up-dangerous-product-reports-recalls/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pr-2 small font-weight-bold text-uppercase font-weight-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Defective</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2023/01/23/defective-how-look-up-dangerous-product-reports-recalls/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" alt="Learn how to check for product reviews and recalls using various tools." loading="lazy" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-investigatetv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/QMUUUAC64RBMPJD3RZ4ZHCYGWQ.jpg?auth=1d278acdf4f01789c54cb2dfd01c8bdb5dce44cee99e7dde489843115258bf2b&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2023/01/23/defective-how-look-up-dangerous-product-reports-recalls/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: How to look up dangerous product reports and recalls</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 3:16 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Rachel DePompa</span><span> and </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author2="">Daniela Molina</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Consumer investigative reporter Rachel DePompa explains how to check for product complaints and recalls before you buy.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-left mr-2"><a href="/2023/01/23/defective-federal-database-consumer-product-complaints-leaves-out-deaths-injuries-government-manufacturers-know-about/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pr-2 small font-weight-bold text-uppercase font-weight-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Defective</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2023/01/23/defective-federal-database-consumer-product-complaints-leaves-out-deaths-injuries-government-manufacturers-know-about/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" alt="Consumer safety advocates want to see more transparency with potentially unsafe products...." loading="lazy" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-investigatetv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/CP6FS5GGDZHE3EBQSFJPXHY65Q.jpg?auth=5c9dd5495f42ca88c6e423f490dffb75dd9cf2eafc0c12695cb935aca9468358&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2023/01/23/defective-federal-database-consumer-product-complaints-leaves-out-deaths-injuries-government-manufacturers-know-about/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: Federal database of consumer product complaints leaves out deaths, injuries the government and manufacturers know about</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 2:45 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Jill Riepenhoff</span><span>, </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author2="">Lee Zurik</span><span> and </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author3="">Conner Hendricks</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">More than two decades ago, the death of a toddler in a recalled portable crib prompted Congress to pass a new consumer protection law. Yet today, children still are dying in unsafe products, recalls remain largely ineffective at ridding homes of dangerous products, and the CPSC website that was supposed to help creates a false sense of security, an InvestigateTV analysis of federal records shows.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-left mr-2"><a href="/2022/11/14/defective-federal-government-knows-that-consumers-are-using-hundreds-dangerous-everyday-products/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pr-2 small font-weight-bold text-uppercase font-weight-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Defective</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2022/11/14/defective-federal-government-knows-that-consumers-are-using-hundreds-dangerous-everyday-products/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" alt="Reports made to the government agency in charge of consumer product safety are often barred..." loading="lazy" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-investigatetv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/ZMW2P4PNS5BRNDEJLJ7EPL2LSY.jpg?auth=9a078367e60e4f7b081f0e7a23ce3783c8244f0652a3b51bb9fe9ac62908dc75&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2022/11/14/defective-federal-government-knows-that-consumers-are-using-hundreds-dangerous-everyday-products/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: The federal government knows that consumers are using hundreds of dangerous everyday products</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 11:13 AM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Jill Riepenhoff</span><span>, </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author2="">Jamie Grey</span><span> and </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author3="">Lee Zurik</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">When a company learns a product it sells could be defective and dangerous, it has 24 hours to let the federal government’s Consumer Product Safety Commission know about it. But it could take months or years for the public to find out about the company’s possible concerns, if they even come to light at all. InvestigateTV has been battling CPSC and companies to disclose information about the products companies have sounded the alarm on – an alarm that remains relatively silent.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-left mr-2"><a href="/2022/08/15/defective-when-government-safety-officials-learned-about-13-deaths-tied-an-infant-rocker-federal-law-prevented-them-immediately-alerting-public/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pr-2 small font-weight-bold text-uppercase font-weight-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Defective</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2022/08/15/defective-when-government-safety-officials-learned-about-13-deaths-tied-an-infant-rocker-federal-law-prevented-them-immediately-alerting-public/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" alt="The CPSC cannot recall a dangerous product without the manufacturer’s consent. And it rarely..." loading="lazy" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-investigatetv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/VY74QBJINNCB7LP3NDQHH5Q7BA.jpg?auth=68a30ca76a4bddb60a10851a116c6693661684098cd5970128e9c4acdb8d9f2b&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2022/08/15/defective-when-government-safety-officials-learned-about-13-deaths-tied-an-infant-rocker-federal-law-prevented-them-immediately-alerting-public/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: When government safety officials learned about 13 deaths tied to an infant rocker, a federal law prevented them from immediately alerting the public</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 4:19 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Jill Riepenhoff</span><span>, </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author2="">Jamie Grey</span><span> and </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author3="">Lee Zurik</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">After the deaths of 13 children over the last 12 years, this summer, Fisher-Price and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warned parents not to let their children sleep in certain rockers the company has made since the 1990s. Now, InvestigateTV has discovered that during a 2021 Congressional hearing, the company dodged questions about whether it currently had products on the market linked to children’s deaths.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-left mr-2"><a href="/2022/06/02/defective-biden-signs-law-banning-child-products-linked-hundreds-deaths/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pr-2 small font-weight-bold text-uppercase font-weight-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Defective</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2022/06/02/defective-biden-signs-law-banning-child-products-linked-hundreds-deaths/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" alt="In May, President Biden signed the Safe Sleep for Babies Act that will make it illegal to make..." loading="lazy" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-investigatetv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/HILBNSLU4JGP3OBR2YXL5AEUWA.png?auth=1388f766d09b602e02134848f82a68ff7a447950998e981e7b025a9ba5613b5b&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2022/06/02/defective-biden-signs-law-banning-child-products-linked-hundreds-deaths/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title="">Defective: Biden signs law banning child products linked to hundreds of deaths</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 1:47 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Jill Riepenhoff</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Safe Sleep for Babies Act will save lives by removing two dangerous baby sleeping products from the U.S. market.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-left mr-2"><a href="/2022/02/14/defective-pair-websites-provide-consumers-vital-product-recall-complaint-information/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pr-2 small font-weight-bold text-uppercase font-weight-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Investigations</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2022/02/14/defective-pair-websites-provide-consumers-vital-product-recall-complaint-information/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" alt="There are two websites you can use to find out whether something you just bought, or have..." loading="lazy" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-investigatetv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/ZFEH3P4UPRBYLBSZFO6GHDCTHA.jpg?auth=4787b6e50e9e818c18d9b1d35390cfc3639470256dcbed1a2395114df947d31a&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2022/02/14/defective-pair-websites-provide-consumers-vital-product-recall-complaint-information/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: Pair of websites provides consumers vital product recall and complaint information</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Feb. 14, 2022 at 5:23 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Rachel DePompa</span><span> and </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author2="">Daniela Molina</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">There are two websites you can use to find out whether something you just bought, or have owned for years, has either been recalled or reported as potentially dangerous.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-left mr-2"><a href="/2022/02/14/defective-congressional-democrats-say-its-time-lift-veil-secrecy-potentially-harmful-products-americans-homes/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pr-2 small font-weight-bold text-uppercase font-weight-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Defective</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2022/02/14/defective-congressional-democrats-say-its-time-lift-veil-secrecy-potentially-harmful-products-americans-homes/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-investigatetv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/SVSBUN6L2RBSFJUPKTIDZ6ZBLQ.jpg?auth=99bc83fd203017e6cb0dd9040898798f05f9aa1956479174fcc35671e8b2d1dc&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2022/02/14/defective-congressional-democrats-say-its-time-lift-veil-secrecy-potentially-harmful-products-americans-homes/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: Congressional Democrats say it’s time to lift the veil of secrecy on potentially harmful products in Americans’ homes</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Feb. 14, 2022 at 5:20 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Jill Riepenhoff</span><span> and </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author2="">Jon Decker</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Consumer advocates say the time is long past due to lift the cloak of secrecy at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The issue rests with a provision in the Consumer Product Safety Act, known as Section 6(b), which requires the agency to receive approval from manufacturers before releasing any information about a specific product.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-left mr-2"><a href="/2022/02/14/defective-government-agency-shackled-by-law-often-takes-years-issue-recalls-potentially-dangerous-products/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pr-2 small font-weight-bold text-uppercase font-weight-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Defective</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2022/02/14/defective-government-agency-shackled-by-law-often-takes-years-issue-recalls-potentially-dangerous-products/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" alt="“I knew there was somebody out there that was making sure that before it hit the shelves, it..." loading="lazy" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-investigatetv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/TAXGBRL7YNB3VF7IK2QQGUDY6A.jpg?auth=1aabbdf0be20bd5edec990d3c92cfe3380004bbf26c057360d0ab77fb9ccdaee&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2022/02/14/defective-government-agency-shackled-by-law-often-takes-years-issue-recalls-potentially-dangerous-products/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: Government agency shackled by law often takes years to issue recalls on potentially dangerous products</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Feb. 14, 2022 at 5:18 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Jill Riepenhoff</span><span>, </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author2="">Lee Zurik</span><span> and </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author3="">Jamie Grey</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">It takes years for the Consumer Product Safety Commission to remove dangerous products from the market because of its cumbersome rule-making process and ineffective recalls that don’t incentivize consumers to return or destroy dangerous items.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-left mr-2"><a href="/2022/02/14/defective-federal-agency-meant-protect-consumers-given-little-power-ban-defective-products/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pr-2 small font-weight-bold text-uppercase font-weight-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Defective</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2022/02/14/defective-federal-agency-meant-protect-consumers-given-little-power-ban-defective-products/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" alt="The CPSC cannot recall a dangerous product without the manufacturer’s consent. And it rarely..." loading="lazy" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-investigatetv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/VY74QBJINNCB7LP3NDQHH5Q7BA.jpg?auth=68a30ca76a4bddb60a10851a116c6693661684098cd5970128e9c4acdb8d9f2b&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 font-weight-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2022/02/14/defective-federal-agency-meant-protect-consumers-given-little-power-ban-defective-products/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Defective: Federal agency meant to protect consumers given little power to ban defective products</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated: Feb. 14, 2022 at 5:09 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small font-weight-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Jill Riepenhoff</span><span> and </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author2="">Lee Zurik</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal font-weight-normal font-weight-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">The federal agency created to watchdog consumer products - from crock pots to xylophones - is muzzled by its governing law, which gives all the power to manufacturers, including those with dangerous toys, appliances and other items on the market. 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