American officials urge Amazon to stop selling these popular products
The CPSC continues the MEGA online retailer to force a reminder of "potentially dangerous" articles.
As the world's largest online retailer, Amazon has revolutionized the way we buy and complete everything from dear electronic products to the staples of the basic pantry. But even if the convenience of finding almost everything you might need in a place has made part of the everyday life of the world, society is not without its fair share ofControversies and concerns-Clusion of the safety of certain items they ship. Now, American officials are pursuing Amazon to prevent the retailer from selling popular items considered "potentially dangerous" by consumer safety supervisors. Read it to see if you have purchased one of the items considered too dangerous for customers.
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The CPSC wants Amazon would deliver a reminder on carbon monoxide detectors that do not work.
In legal action filed on July 14, the United States Consumer Products Safety Board (CPAC) continued Amazon to force the company to remember "Potentially dangerous products"From its online store. One of the products listed in the complaint includes24,000 carbon monoxide detectors Called Wjzxxtek, which CPSC has recently discovered did not work,The Washington Post reports.
However, although Amazon has ceased to sell the articles and contact clients to offer a refund, he then refused to work with the CPSC when issuing a security reminder on defective products. According to their trial, the supervisory consumer industry states that "Amazon's unilateral actions are insufficient to clean up the dangers".
The agency is also looking for some hairdryers and nightwear for children to shoot.
In the same lawsuit, the CPSC listed400,000 hairdryer Sold by the online retailer as a major concern. According to the deposit of the Agency, the products in question do not have the required security components that protect customers against shock or electrocution when they are accidentally integrated into water.
Children's nightwear have also been listed in the CPSP's complaint for the fall of the Strict Flammability Agency guidelines. The products were part of aReminder issued by the CPSC June 30, which estimated 8,000 night shirts of 8,000 children ofOfficial AURANSO, 4,900 children's night shirtsBoopho clothing manufacturerand 900 cotton 100 percent of SioroChildren's Long Sleeve Childcap Dresses which were exclusively by Amazon.
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Other lawsuits have attempted to bring Amazon to the heel when it comes to product safety.
The pursuit of the CPSC comes after the consumer monitoring agency has failed to persuade Amazon to follow their rules established to remove potentially dangerous articles from the online market, a person responsible for the higher agency anonymousThe post office. The same official stated that Amazon refused to recognize that CPSC could potentially force the company to eliminate products deemed hazardous.
Other recent judicial cases have addressed Amazon's responsibility for the sale of potentially dangerous items of unfortunate third parties. In April, a California Court of Appeal held the online retailer responsible for engraved injuries caused by a Hoverboard scooter that she had never stored nor shipped. But a decision of June by the Supreme Court of Texas found that the electronic business was not responsible for the injuries suffered by a toddler who swallowed the batteries of a third-party remote control considered defective by CPSC.
"Today's vote to file an administrative complaint against Amazon was a huge step forward for this small agency", "Robert AdlerActing President of the CPSC,said in a declaration Regarding the trial. "But it's a vast step on a vast desert - we need to more efficiently hinder these third-party platforms and the best way to protect American consumers who rely on them."
Amazon says it considers customer security a "absolute priority".
In an email on July 15, an Amazon spokesman saidBetter lifeThis "customer safety is an absolute priority" for the electronic commerce retailer and that "a quick action to protect customers" is taken whenever the security is involved. "While the CPSC's own complaint recognizes, for the vast majority of the products, Amazon has already removed the products of our store, notified customers on potential security concerns, advised customers to destroy products and provided to customers complete refunds. " They added that the CPSC did not provide enough information about the few products to take action.
"Amazon has a leading reminder program and we have also proposed expanding our capabilities to manage reminders of all products sold in our store, whether these products are sold or filled with Amazon or third-party sellers," said the spokesperson. . "We are not clear about why the CPSC has rejected this offer or why they filed a complaint that wanted us to take action almost completely duplicative of those we have already taken."
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