Hasbro Recall Toy After 2 Infant Deaths
Playskool, a unit of toy maker Hasbro, is recalling 255,000 Team Talkin' Tool Bench toys after the deaths of two small children who suffocated when the head of an oversized plastic toy nail became lodged in their throats.
One of the infants was nineteen months. The other was two years old. The toy in question is labeled for children three years and older.
Each year, thousands of children are injured by defective toys. Choking on small toys, strangulation from cords, eye injuries from darts and other projectiles are just a few of the hazards faced by kids from bad toys.