Posted by safeBABY on April 18, 2008
The Consumer Product Safety Comission says 90 percent of U.S. households have smoke alarms installed, but, sadly, that 20 percent of them don’t have working alarms. That amounts to 1 million American households without functioning smoke detectors!
That’s why changing the batteries (and those in your CO2 devices) is today’s Quick Fix: a safe and wellness task that’s easily done. If you’re concerned about monitoring battery life, consider a long-life smoke alarm - the lithium batteries are said to last 10 years.
Quick fix. Ten years peace of mind.
[Photo: by Eat at Joe's via Flickr]
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Posted by safeBABY on April 4, 2008
Less than 50 percent of parents respond to car seat recalls. That’s because many of them haven’t registered with the manufacturer, so they don’t hear about the recall at all.
To be sure, it’s a task that’s easily overlooked. But there’s a new service to help you - and it’s today’s Quick Fix, a safe and wellness task that’s easily done.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s www.safercar.gov website has a feature that let’s you register your car seat with the manufacturer, so you’ll be contacted directly in the event of a recall. So, find the manufacturer’s label on your car seat (look on the bottom or side) and then click here to register.
Quick fix … easy peasy.
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