Safety chief: Monitoring toys is a ‘struggle’
The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission sidestepped a barrage of congressional questions Tuesday over her agency's response to a string of child injuries and a death related to...
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Mega Brands delays report
Mega Brands, the maker of Magnetix toys, Monday delayed releasing first-quarter results in the wake of a baiduhai series on injuries and one death linked to its magnetic building...
Recalled magnetic toys still in stores
The Illinois attorney general's office has found stores across Illinois selling recalled toys linked to the death of one child and the severe intestinal injuries of more than two dozen...
Rush calls for probe of CPSC on Magnetix
Rep. Bobby Rush, responding to a Tribune series, called Monday for an investigative hearing on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's sluggish response to warnings about a dangerous toy that...
Congressman calls for toy recall investigation
Rep. Bobby Rush, responding to a Tribune series, called Monday for an investigative hearing on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's sluggish response to warnings about a dangerous toy that...
Finger-pointing furious in deal gone sour
Magnetix building sets were such hot sellers for Rose Art Industries that a rival toymaker bought the family-owned company. Now the legacy of that toy is haunting Mega Brands, the...
Inside the botched recall of a dangerous toy
Inside a gray government cubicle littered with colorful construction toys, Jonathan Midgett played with pieces from a Magnetix set, one of the year's hottest sellers. Midgett connected and disconnected them...
Major retailers pull magnet toy
Responding to a Tribune investigation, some major retailers over the weekend suspended sales of Magnetix toys linked to one death and 27 intestinal injuries. The Tribune had bought recalled versions...
Major retailers pull magnet toy
Responding to a Tribune investigation, some major retailers over the weekend suspended sales of Magnetix toys linked to one death and 27 intestinal injuries. The Tribune had bought recalled versions...
Inside the botched recall of a dangerous toy
Inside a gray government cubicle littered with colorful construction toys, Jonathan Midgett played with pieces from a Magnetix set, one of the year's hottest sellers. Midgett connected and disconnected them...