Hill also began receiving marketing emails from Fisher-Price shortly after returning another product safety card marked “product registration for safety alert or recall only” that was packaged with a swing purchase. The postcard was supposed to provide contact information should a recall on the stroller she bought become necessary later. But, that’s exactly what happened to Kashmir Hill, a contributor to Gizmodo Media Group, when she returned what she thought was a stroller safety postcard to Mattel. Let’s decide together to not do this!īeing interested in product safety shouldn’t turn you into a spam target. But, as I’m sure you’ve seen, we have colleagues in the industry who still will take basically about any order they can get. I would hope that our industry would turn away from something so obviously dangerous. Mike Gittelman, a professor of pediatrics at the Division of Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Any type of projectile can cause a problem,” said Dr. Best reason of all to buy one? You can load it with cotton buds for a “softer playtime.” What? The manufacturer claims that putting cotton buds on your toothpick crossbow is safer than putting them in your ear.
TOOTHPICK CROSSBOW UPDATE
Capable of traveling 30-40 feet, “those wussies in China have already banned it.” A site update claims the product has been banned in New Zealand, too. “Powerful enough to break paper cartons, cans and even fight cockroaches” claims the manufacturer. Gary Smith, president of the Child Injury Prevention Alliance, told Live Science.īeing banned is like a badge of courage for the folks at. These are not appropriate to be marketed as toys for children and should be banned,” Dr. “These tiny crossbows can launch sharp projectiles that can cause bodily harm to others, especially injury to the eye. What client wouldn’t want their brand on this, and in the hands of young children?! This makes fidget spinners look like a great idea – and I can’t make this stuff up. Toothpick crossbows are just what you would expect, small plastic launchers with a metal grooved track ready to unleash toothpicks, nails, and needles on unsuspecting targets. This is going to be HUUUUUUGEEEE for holiday gift-giving. Powerful enough to break paper cartons, cans and even fight cockroaches.
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