Graco car seat recall (also posted on "Parenting" board)

Re: Graco car seat recall (also posted on "Parenting" board)

• SweetHurricane member

  August 2011

  None of the recall websites I use say anything about a Graco recall.

  https://www.saferproducts.gov/Default.aspx shows the last Graco recall being in Oct 2010

  You can go here and put your carseat model number in to check for recalls:

  https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/recallsearch.cfm

  This morning on the Today Show (I think?) they talked about how scientists just found that Britax and Graco have the most hazardous chemicals in them. Maybe your mom heard that and got confused?

  Here's an article about it:

  https://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/03/kids-car-seat-tests-reveal-chemicals/

  
  

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• SammyanthaR member

  August 2011

  I have been on Graco's site but it has been down for a while (for me anyways).  And now that you mention it, that article you are talking about sounds about right.  I will have to just talk to my dear mother again (she did mention something quickly about the material) or call Graco.  Thank you!
  

  

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• RouensDream member

  August 2011

  SweetHurricane:

  None of the recall websites I use say anything about a Graco recall.

  https://www.saferproducts.gov/Default.aspx shows the last Graco recall being in Oct 2010

  You can go here and put your carseat model number in to check for recalls:

  https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/recallsearch.cfm

  This morning on the Today Show (I think?) they talked about how scientists just found that Britax and Graco have the most hazardous chemicals in them. Maybe your mom heard that and got confused?

  Here's an article about it:

  https://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/03/kids-car-seat-tests-reveal-chemicals/

  Crazy. Thanks for that link.  Our Britax has the highest toxin score..great..=(  But I am glad you posted this. I am thinking we will have to get one that has a better score to use as his primary car seat. The Britax can go in daddy's or grandmas.
  

  
  
  
  

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• mishu917 member

  August 2011

  SweetHurricane:

  None of the recall websites I use say anything about a Graco recall.

  https://www.saferproducts.gov/Default.aspx shows the last Graco recall being in Oct 2010

  You can go here and put your carseat model number in to check for recalls:

  https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/recallsearch.cfm

  This morning on the Today Show (I think?) they talked about how scientists just found that Britax and Graco have the most hazardous chemicals in them. Maybe your mom heard that and got confused?

  Here's an article about it:

  https://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/03/kids-car-seat-tests-reveal-chemicals/

  Thanks for the article! I didn't even realize this was an issue as a Scientist, and I am a huge chemical freak lol. Luckily we have the Orbit Baby system which makes BPR free stuff... totally worth the extra $$. You can read about BPR in this article which tells you about it in toys and baby stuff in general. It's freaky because I am exposed to some of that stuff here at work and we use so much protection against them even though they are in the micro quantities.

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• freeatlast2014 member

  August 2011

  Don't you think if it were that bad they'd recall them??

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• RouensDream member

  August 2011

  mishu917:

  SweetHurricane:

  None of the recall websites I use say anything about a Graco recall.

  https://www.saferproducts.gov/Default.aspx shows the last Graco recall being in Oct 2010

  You can go here and put your carseat model number in to check for recalls:

  https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/recallsearch.cfm

  This morning on the Today Show (I think?) they talked about how scientists just found that Britax and Graco have the most hazardous chemicals in them. Maybe your mom heard that and got confused?

  Here's an article about it:

  https://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/03/kids-car-seat-tests-reveal-chemicals/

  Thanks for the article! I didn't even realize this was an issue as a Scientist, and I am a huge chemical freak lol. Luckily we have the Orbit Baby system which makes BPR free stuff... totally worth the extra $$. You can read about BPR in this article which tells you about it in toys and baby stuff in general. It's freaky because I am exposed to some of that stuff here at work and we use so much protection against them even though they are in the micro quantities.

  Thanks for this article.

  
  
  
  

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