Recalled pillows linked to 10 toddler deaths nonetheless being bought on Fb Market, US company says

Federal security regulators are urging customers to cease utilizing child pillows which have been linked to 10 toddler deaths however are nonetheless being bought on Fb Market, regardless of being recalled two years in the past.

The U.S. Shopper Product Security Fee stated Tuesday that Boppy New child Loungers are now not legally on the market but it surely has discovered hundreds of them on Fb Market for the reason that 2021 recall started.

The company wrote to Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Fb father or mother Meta Platforms, on Tuesday saying it had made repeated requests to have recalled objects taken down from Market. It cited the Boppy loungers as “a very egregious instance” of a product that places customers in danger.

“Till these gross sales are stopped, infants will proceed to be prone to demise,” CPSC Commissioner Richard Trumka stated in an announcement. He added that Meta “has not taken efficient motion” in response to CPSC’s common of 1 thousand takedown requests made every month over the past 12 months for the Boppy loungers.

The Boppy Co. recalled greater than 3 million of its toddler pillows because of suffocation danger in September 2021—with studies of eight deaths related to Boppy’s loungers between 2015 and 2020. The CSPC stated Tuesday that two further infants died shortly after the recall started.

The CSPC is urging customers to cease utilizing the recalled loungers—as infants can suffocate in the event that they roll over, are positioned on the lounger able that restricts respiratory or transfer off the toddler pillow.

Meta’s on-line coverage states that listings on Market can’t promote or promote recalled merchandise and encourages customers to test present recollects earlier than buying objects. The corporate says that Market posts that includes recalled merchandise are eliminated when recognized.

“Like different platforms the place folks should purchase and promote items, there are cases of individuals knowingly or unknowingly promoting recalled items on Market,” Meta stated in an announcement. “We take this problem severely and once we discover listings that violate our guidelines, we take away them.”

CPSC stated it has additionally made comparable takedown requests to different on-line secondhand marketplaces and for different recalled merchandise, together with the recalled Fisher Value Rock ‘n Play sleepers, which have additionally been linked to toddler deaths.

The Boppy loungers beneath recall are Boppy Authentic New child Loungers, Boppy Most well-liked New child Loungers and Pottery Barn Children Boppy New child Loungers. The merchandise had been bought on-line and at retailers nationwide, together with Goal and Walmart, between January 2004 and September 2021, in keeping with the CPSC’s authentic recall discover. Shoppers can contact The Boppy Firm to get a refund and for directions for the way to get rid of the merchandise.

“CPSC continues to emphasise that the most effective place for a child to sleep is on a agency, flat floor in a crib, bassinet, or play yard,” the company stated in its Tuesday discover. “Mother and father and caregivers ought to by no means add blankets, pillows, padded crib bumpers, or different objects to an toddler’s sleeping atmosphere. Infants ought to at all times be positioned to sleep on their backs.”

The Related Press reached out to The Boppy Co. for additional remark Tuesday.

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