Lasko Products has been ordered to pay a $500,000 fine for not quickly responding to problems with it’s portable box fans. The fans have been overheating and causing fires,.

Lasko received 42 complaints involving nine injuries and property damage from 2002 through 2005 as a result of defects in the fans they manufacture.

Federal law requires that companies report potential hazards to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission within 24 hours; Lasko did not fully report the problems until September of 2005.

The box and floor fans were sold under the brand names Lasko, General Galaxy and Air King from 2000 to 2004. They were sold at discount stores for between $10 and $25. In 2006, 5.6 million of the fans were recalled because of an electrical failure in the motor.

A baby crib linked to the deaths of several  babies, has been recalled by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Delta Enterprises cribs have been linked to several infant deaths because of an allegedly faulty drop-side rail and peg mechanisms. In December 2008, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (UPSC) along with Delta recalled the cribs due to “side rails on certain Delta cribs that were breaking in ways that could trap and kill babies,” according to the Chicago Tribune.

However, according to an in-depth investigation by the Chicago Tribune there were a “long trail of warning signs that began at least a decade before this fall’s recall.”

If you or a loved one has been harmed by a defective product or fallen victim to the crib’s dangers, are encouraged to contact an experienced defective products attorney for professional insight on the development of a potential crib recall lawsuit, which may offer monetary compensation to pay for any treatments of injuries caused by the crib’s dangers.

The dangerous chemical melamine that has recently been found in several goods originating from China has also been found in an infant formula made by an American manufacturer.

The discovery was found in late November, and involves a single sample of infant formula that was found to contain trace amounts of the dangerous chemical.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quickly pointed out that the amounts of the chemical were too low to be considered a heath threat, but it should be noted that the increased testing for melamine is a result of a rise in tainted products from around the globe.

Earlier this year, thousands of pets had been sickened or killed by the presence of melamine in pet food, and the source of this melamine was linked to imported wheat gluten from China. Also this year, China has had serious children’s toys, tainted toothpaste, heparin, pet food, and milk recalls. 50,000 infants became ill from the tainted milk, and 4 died.