Consumer alert!

Bauer/Nike is recalling about 100,000 youth and junior hockey sticks made between 2004 and 2008 because the paint on them has been found to contain excessive levels of lead.
Those with the affected models can get a free replacement stick.
Concerns are that kids might ingest lead, a neurotoxin, if they handle the sticks with sweaty hands and then touch their hands to their mouths or other parts of their bodies.
For a list of the 13 different models of Chinese-made Nike/Bauer sticks affected, click here. One one model made after 2008, the Supreme One75, is included in the recall.l
For details on how to exchange the sticks for a new one, call Bauer’s toll-free line at (888) 734-0443 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              (888) 734-0443      end_of_the_skype_highlighting.

If your head is spinning from trying to keep up with all the products affected by the salmonella contamination at a Las Vegas plant that makes hydrolyzed vegetable protein, the FDA now has a database to help identify the food products that are at risk. There now are 153 different products that might be impacted.
HVP, as it is called, is an ingredient in everything from potato chips to cookies to soups and other foodstuffs.

About 65,000 Hitachi power nailers are being recalled because they have a faulty feed that can cause nails to be ejected sideways, causing the nails to strike the facial area of the users.
The company has had 37 incidents reported with 15 injuries, including five resulting in partial blindness.
For details and photos, click here.

Some granola bars might be decidedly unhealthy because they contain ingredients from Thumb Oilseed Co., a Ubly, Mich. firm where salmonella has been found.
Recalls have been declared for some granola bars bearing the brand names of Healthy Valley and Fresh and Easy.
The list of affected products might grow in the days ahead.

General Electric is recalling about 9,400 carbon dioxide and temperature sensors bearing various brand names because they pose a fire hazard.
For details on the recall, click here.

Chocolate chip chewy granola bars sold at Trader Joe’s stores nationally are being recalled because some have been found to be tainted with salmonella.
For more details, click here.

Blink umbrella strollers are being recalled because they can cut or cut off little fingers.
For more detals, click here.

Wind chimes made by Tiny Love Inc. for babies and tots are being recalled because they can cut the kids.
Details may be found by clicking here.

About 17,500 Zippo chrome candlelighters are being recalled because the flame is too large when adjusted to the maximum setting and it poses a fire hazard. Some of the lighters were sold online and at Bath & Body Works stores late last year.
For more details, click here.

Some CYBEX strollers have a defect that can break or amputate your kid’s finger.
Check out the recall notice by clicking here.

Liebherr is recalling its German-made built-in refrigerators because the doors can detach, injuring the user.
For more information, click here.

Nature’s Wonders toy models of a pinto horse made in China and sold at Walmart are being recalled because the surface paint on the child’s toy violated federal lead content standards.
For details and a photo, click here.

Radio Shack is recalling Night Hawk remote control helicopters because the battery housing in the toy helicopter can overheat and catch fire during charging.
For details, click here.

Toyota said Tuesday it will temporarily stop selling eight models of its vehicles due to its continuing investigation of problems with a sticking accelerator pedal.
The pedal problem earlier prompted a recall of some 2.3 million vehicles.
For details, click here.

More than 2 million needles used for IV’s and other infusion ports for chronically ill people are being recalled because the needles have exhibited a “coring” problem or resulted in leaking at the infusion ports.
Coring means when the needle is inserted into the port, it can score the silicon plastic of the port and those plastic pieces might be carried into the veins of the sick. Coring was found in more than 60 percent of the needles sampled, though there have been no reports of adverse effects in patients. The needles also can cause leaking from the ports.
For more details of the recall and the needles affected, click here.