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- Product recalls this week include children's books ... - San Francisco Examiner
- Curious George gets a show at Jewish Museum in New York ... - Denver Post
- Gwyneth Paltrow Offers Advice On Picking Children's ... - Musicrooms.net
- Product recalls this week include children’s books ... - Gaea Times (blog)
| Product recalls this week include children's books ... - San Francisco Examiner Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:21 PM PDT Recalled products this week include children's books with foam bindings that could detach and pose a choking hazard. Also on the list are wood furniture with coatings that could have high levels of lead, and women's coats that don't meet flammability standards. There was another recall of children's hooded clothing made with drawstrings, despite industry guidelines to avoid such strangulation hazards. Among the recalled items this week: CHILDREN'S BOOKS DETAILS: Gund is recalling baby paperboard books with plastic handles designed as baby rattles. The miniature books include the titles "Animals," "Numbers" and "Colors." The books were also sold as a three-book set. They were manufactured in China and imported by Gund of Edison, N.J., and sold at gift and specialty stores nationwide from January 2009 through March 2010. WHY: The plastic foam used to fill the book bindings can detach, posing a choking risk to infants and young children. INCIDENTS: The company has received three reports of children putting detached plastic foam in their mouths, but no reports of injuries. HOW MANY: About 15,000 FOR MORE: Call 800-436-3726; visit http://www.gund.com or http://www.cpsc.gov. ____ WOOD FURNITURE DETAILS: Several styles of decorative wood chests and tables imported by Hammary Furniture Co. of Lenoir, N.C. The furniture was manufactured in the Philippines, China and Vietnam, and sold in department stores and furniture stores from November 2001 through November 2009. WHY: The surface coating on the furniture could have high levels of lead, which is toxic to young children if they ingest it. INCIDENTS: None reported. HOW MANY: About 7,000 FOR MORE: Call 888-577-4098; visit http://www.regcen.com/hammaryrecall or http://www.cpsc.gov. ____ WOMEN'S PEACOATS DETAILS: The plaid, blue-and-white coats were manufactured in China and imported by Foria International Inc. of City of Industry, Calif. They were sold at Bass Pro Shops around the country between October 2009 and January 2010. WHY: The coats don't meet federal flammability standards. INCIDENTS: None reported. HOW MANY: About 800 FOR MORE: Call 888-999-6568; visit http://www.cpsc.gov. _____ CHILDREN'S HOODED JACKETS DETAILS: The Mecca jackets with drawstrings were made in China and distributed by 5 Star Apparel LLC, of New York. Burlington Coat Factory, Marshalls and other retail stores nationwide from April 2008 through December 2009. WHY: The jackets have drawstrings through the hood that can pose a strangulation hazard to young children. INCIDENTS: None reported. HOW MANY: About 11,500 FOR MORE: Call 646-273-1225; visit http://www.cpsc.gov. ______ BICYCLE COMPONENTS DETAILS: Civia Cycles, the Bloomington, Minn.-based importer of the Taiwanese-made bikes, is recalling the bikes' forks, which connect the front wheel to the bicycle frame. The recall involves all Civia Hyland bicycles sold with original equipment carbon fiber forks and all Civia Carbon forks sold as aftermarket products. The bikes and forks were sold by specialty bike retailers nationwide from April 2008 through February 2010. WHY: The fork can crack or break, posing a fall hazard to the bicyclist. INJURIES: Civia Cycles has received two reports of forks cracking, and one report of a fork breaking, resulting in a facial cut and bruised ribs for the rider. HOW MANY: About 800 FOR MORE: Call (877) 774-6208; visit http://www.civiacycles.com or http://www.cpsc.gov. ____ FROZEN TUNA STEAKS DETAILS: Whole Foods Market is recalling yellow fin tuna steaks had best-by dates of Dec. 5, 2010. The fish was sold in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina, Connecticut, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Rhode Island, Maine and Washington, D.C. WHY: The steaks could have elevated levels of histamine. High levels of histamine can cause an allergic reaction called scombroid poisoning. Symptoms may include: tingling or burning sensation in the mouth, facial swelling, rash, hives and itchy skin, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. INCIDENTS: Two reported. FOR MORE: Call 954-338-6891 ____ EYE DROPS AND NASAL DROPS DETAILS: US Oftalmi is recalling select over-the-counter eye drops and nasal drops that were sold nationwide. WHY: The drops might not be sterile and could cause infections. INICDENTS: No infections reported. FOR MORE: Call 954-338-6891 ____ FAJITA SEASONING MIXES DETAILS: McCormick & Co. Inc. of Sparks, Md., is recalling select fajita seasoning mixes that were sold nationwide beginning Feb. 15. WHY: The packages contain wheat and milk, which are not listed on the label. This could be dangerous for people with wheat or milk allergies. INCIDENTS: None reported. FOR MORE: Call 800-632-5847 Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Curious George gets a show at Jewish Museum in New York ... - Denver Post Posted: 10 Apr 2010 06:09 AM PDT NEW YORK — Ever wonder why Curious George is so curious? Or why the monkey hero of the "Curious George" children's books is so fond of travel, so prone to mischief, yet always narrowly escapes disaster? A new exhibit at New York's Jewish Museum suggests that curious readers need look no farther than the real-life adventures of the intrepid husband-and-wife team who created the beloved character. H.A. and Margret Rey — he changed the name from Reyersbach — were German Jews living in Paris on the eve of the Nazi invasion, increasingly concerned about finding safe haven. Two days before the Germans marched into Paris, they fled on bicycles carrying drawings for their picture books, including one about a mischievous monkey then called Fifi. Curator Claudia Nahson explains that Hans and Margret created the monkey character that is always on the run while they themselves were on the run. The recurring motif of the monkey's narrow escape from danger is another autobiographical detail. Twice in the months leading up to their escape, the couple was questioned by authorities suspicious of their German accents. Both times they were let off the hook when officials learned what they were really up to — making children's books. While the exhibit touches on the harrowing conditions they endured on their four-month flight in 1940 from France to New York, it's more about the unusually long and fertile artistic collaboration between Hans and Margret, whose fiery personality is said to be the inspiration for George's insatiable curiosity and spunk. Hans Rey was a gentle, pipe-smoking, self-taught artist who toiled for a time in commercial art designing circus posters before launching his career as a writer and illustrator of children's books. Margarete Waldstein, who shorted her name to Margret, was the more assertive of the two. She had studied art and photography at the famed Bauhaus School in Germany and had strong opinions about nearly everything, including her husband's work. Both loved animals. Hans liked to sketch in zoos, and the couple kept pet marmosets in their apartment in Brazil in the 1930s. Margret even knitted sweaters to keep the tiny monkeys warm on the couple's cold ocean passage to Europe in 1936, but the creatures didn't survive the voyage. The exhibition features nearly 80 original drawings and vibrant watercolors for the more than 30 books the couple wrote and illustrated. The most famous, of course, is Curious George — the "good little monkey" captured in the wilds of Africa by a man in a large yellow hat and taken to the city to live in a zoo and later, the man's home. The idea for George began in an earlier book about a lonely giraffe named Raffy who befriends nine monkeys, the youngest of which is called Fifi. Eventually, the Reys decided to develop a story just about Fifi. It was one of the stories they smuggled out of France, only to learn when they got to the U.S. that American publisher Houghton Mifflin had doubts about the name Fifi for a boy monkey. And so Fifi became George in the United States — and Zozo in Britain. With George VI then king of England, it seemed disrespectful for a monkey to have the same name as the British sovereign. The Curious George books, including the seven original stories by Margret and Hans, were eventually translated into many languages, selling tens of millions of copies worldwide. It's not hard to see why. With simple lines and bright, buoyant colors, the Reys created an imaginary world full of innocence and optimism. No reader would ever discern that their lighthearted, good-natured outlook was entirely at odds with the circumstances they faced in the years leading up to and during World War II. The exhibit will be on view at The Jewish Museum through Aug. 1 then travel to the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, where it will run from Nov. 14 through March 16, 2011. More info Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Gwyneth Paltrow Offers Advice On Picking Children's ... - Musicrooms.net Posted: 09 Apr 2010 10:38 PM PDT Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has offered her advice on picking children's books in her latest GOOP newsletter. The 37-year-old star revealed the books her mother Blythe Danner used to read to her as a child and said she is always on the lookout for different literature to read to her kids - Apple, five, and Moses, four. She said: "Some of the best memories I have from childhood are of my mother lying in bed with me and reading me stories. "I can remember way back when books like Pat the Bunny and Goodnight Moon were appropriate, so we're talking decades. We had a few greatest hits, Elouise and The Chronicles of Narnia being frontrunners. "That time together was pretty indelible. I'm always looking for great books I may not know about to read to my kids. We've put together some recommendations that are worth checking out." Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Product recalls this week include children’s books ... - Gaea Times (blog) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:28 PM PDT
Recalls this week: books, furniture, coats
Recalled products this week include children's books with foam bindings that could detach and pose a choking hazard. Also on the list are wood furniture with coatings that could have high levels of lead, and women's coats that don't meet flammability standards. There was another recall of children's hooded clothing made with drawstrings, despite industry guidelines to avoid such strangulation hazards. Among the recalled items this week: CHILDREN'S BOOKS DETAILS: Gund is recalling baby paperboard books with plastic handles designed as baby rattles. The miniature books include the titles "Animals," "Numbers" and "Colors." The books were also sold as a three-book set. They were manufactured in China and imported by Gund of Edison, N.J., and sold at gift and specialty stores nationwide from January 2009 through March 2010. WHY: The plastic foam used to fill the book bindings can detach, posing a choking risk to infants and young children. INCIDENTS: The company has received three reports of children putting detached plastic foam in their mouths, but no reports of injuries. HOW MANY: About 15,000 FOR MORE: Call 800-436-3726; visit www.gund.com or www.cpsc.gov. ____ WOOD FURNITURE DETAILS: Several styles of decorative wood chests and tables imported by Hammary Furniture Co. of Lenoir, N.C. The furniture was manufactured in the Philippines, China and Vietnam, and sold in department stores and furniture stores from November 2001 through November 2009. WHY: The surface coating on the furniture could have high levels of lead, which is toxic to young children if they ingest it. INCIDENTS: None reported. HOW MANY: About 7,000 FOR MORE: Call 888-577-4098; visit www.regcen.com/hammaryrecall or www.cpsc.gov. ____ WOMEN'S PEACOATS DETAILS: The plaid, blue-and-white coats were manufactured in China and imported by Foria International Inc. of City of Industry, Calif. They were sold at Bass Pro Shops around the country between October 2009 and January 2010. WHY: The coats don't meet federal flammability standards. INCIDENTS: None reported. HOW MANY: About 800 FOR MORE: Call 888-999-6568; visit www.cpsc.gov. _____ CHILDREN'S HOODED JACKETS DETAILS: The Mecca jackets with drawstrings were made in China and distributed by 5 Star Apparel LLC, of New York. Burlington Coat Factory, Marshalls and other retail stores nationwide from April 2008 through December 2009. WHY: The jackets have drawstrings through the hood that can pose a strangulation hazard to young children. INCIDENTS: None reported. HOW MANY: About 11,500 FOR MORE: Call 646-273-1225; visit www.cpsc.gov. ______ BICYCLE COMPONENTS DETAILS: Civia Cycles, the Bloomington, Minn.-based importer of the Taiwanese-made bikes, is recalling the bikes' forks, which connect the front wheel to the bicycle frame. The recall involves all Civia Hyland bicycles sold with original equipment carbon fiber forks and all Civia Carbon forks sold as aftermarket products. The bikes and forks were sold by specialty bike retailers nationwide from April 2008 through February 2010. WHY: The fork can crack or break, posing a fall hazard to the bicyclist. INJURIES: Civia Cycles has received two reports of forks cracking, and one report of a fork breaking, resulting in a facial cut and bruised ribs for the rider. HOW MANY: About 800 FOR MORE: Call (877) 774-6208; visit www.civiacycles.com or www.cpsc.gov. ____ FROZEN TUNA STEAKS DETAILS: Whole Foods Market is recalling yellow fin tuna steaks had best-by dates of Dec. 5, 2010. The fish was sold in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina, Connecticut, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Rhode Island, Maine and Washington, D.C. WHY: The steaks could have elevated levels of histamine. High levels of histamine can cause an allergic reaction called scombroid poisoning. Symptoms may include: tingling or burning sensation in the mouth, facial swelling, rash, hives and itchy skin, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. INCIDENTS: Two reported. FOR MORE: Call 954-338-6891 ____ EYE DROPS AND NASAL DROPS DETAILS: US Oftalmi is recalling select over-the-counter eye drops and nasal drops that were sold nationwide. WHY: The drops might not be sterile and could cause infections. INICDENTS: No infections reported. FOR MORE: Call 954-338-6891 ____ FAJITA SEASONING MIXES DETAILS: McCormick & Co. Inc. of Sparks, Md., is recalling select fajita seasoning mixes that were sold nationwide beginning Feb. 15. WHY: The packages contain wheat and milk, which are not listed on the label. This could be dangerous for people with wheat or milk allergies. INCIDENTS: None reported. FOR MORE: Call 800-632-5847 Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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