Consumer laws should protect children, not companies
In the medical world, potential side effects are often an expected trade-off for the prescription drugs that help many of us lead healthy lives. Consumers are able to weigh these risks because pharmaceutical companies are required to disclose them.
When it comes to the products we use every day, we don’t expect a list of side effects, but we do assume a safety guarantee. That’s unfortunately not the case for some of the products we bring into our homes, like inclined infant sleepers. For years, groups like the American Academy of Pediatrics have warned of an undisclosed danger that comes with using seemingly safe products such as rockers and swings: suffocation. Between January 2005 and June 2019, there were at least 73 infant deaths tied to these products.
However, Consumer Reports found last year that specifics related to the companies and associated products remained a secret because of a little-known section of the Consumer Product Safety Act.
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