The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warned today that parents should immediately stop using or should not purchase baby sleep devices, also known as baby sleep positioners, because they are too dangerous to use with infants.
According to the Associated Press, "Sleep positioners sometimes are marketed with the claim that they can reduce gastroesophageal reflux disease, so-called "flat head syndrome", and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), but can suffocate babies and cause other harm, CPSC and FDA officials said in the statement."
This recall is the latest in a string of dangerous products that consumers have been warned about or that have been removed from the market. "The warning follows recent actions regarding other children's products, including a recall in June of more than 2 million drop-side cribs and in late April a recall of some liquid children's medicines made by Johnson & Johnson."
The makers of these baby sleep aids, devices or positioners are not known yet. The AP reported: "The FDA has written in the past month to manufacturers of these products asking them to stop selling them. The agency said five companies had informally agreed, but it did not release their names."
Posted by Louisville, Kentucky lawyer Jasper Ward. Jasper can be reached at jasper@jonesward.com or by using his toll-free number 1-888-KYLAW22.
