State urges firms to halt sale, manufacture of crib bumpers
Attorney General Lisa Madigan is urging the trade group that represents makers of baby products to tell its members to stop manufacturing and selling crib bumpers because they pose a...
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Lisa Madigan sends warning on crib bumpers
The Illinois attorney general's office is warning parents not to use crib bumper pads in nurseries because they pose suffocation and strangulation hazards for babies. The agency is also pressing...
Lisa Madigan sends warning on crib bumpers
The Illinois attorney general's office is warning parents not to use crib bumper pads in nurseries because they pose suffocation and strangulation hazards for babies. The agency is also pressing...
Hidden hazard of crib bumpers
On what would become the worst night of his life, Kyle Maxwell fed his son, Preston, a bottle and rocked the 7-week-old baby to sleep. He put Preston in his...
Hidden hazard of crib bumpers
On what would become the worst night of his life, Kyle Maxwell fed his son, Preston, a bottle and rocked the 7-week-old baby to sleep. He put Preston in his...
Those pesky bedbugs won’t rest
Bedbugs have made the leap from apartments and homes to some of Chicago's downtown office buildings and government headquarters. JPMorgan Chase had a small issue with bedbugs about two weeks...
Stop using baby sleep positioners, safety groups warn
Baby sleep positioners, a popular product for safety-conscious parents, were supposed to save lives by keeping infants from rolling onto their stomachs. Instead, they are now being added to the...
Some lawyers profit off foreclosure fears, loan modifications
A loophole in state and federal laws has made it easy for some attorneys to take advantage of Illinois residents struggling to keep their homes. Attorneys are among the few...
Shipping accounts are hijacked for scams and crimes
Susan Williams spent two months last spring answering calls from angry people who thought her machinery repair company had shipped them fake checks and money orders as part of a...
Bill calls for stricter rules on cosmetics
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., introduced legislation Tuesday that would toughen safety standards for cosmetics, including requiring regular government testing of products for hazardous ingredients. The call for testing of...