Personal Injury Law

Toy Dart Gun Recalled After Two Child Deaths

By Edward Bills

On Monday, federal regulators issued a mandatory recall of 1.8 million toy dart gun sets after two separate deaths of children who inhaled the darts and suffocated when the suction cup blocked their airways. The recall has prompted safety officials to rethink an old safety standard that assumes that children over the age of 3 generally won’t put something unsafe in their mouth. The deaths occurred nine months apart, but a recall was not issued after the first death because the toy didn’t violate a mandatory safety standard at the time, the Chicago Tribune reports. The toy was imported by Henry Gordy International Inc. and sold at Family Dollar stores.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on May 18, 2010 (boomark / email).