Toxic Chemicals in Child Car Seats, What You Need to Know
Week four of WeMakeItSafer’s celebration of Baby Safety Month is focused on chemical exposure, and today, September 24th, is National Car Seat Check Day! To honor both, we are talking about dangerous...
View ArticleThe Artificial Colors Debate: Are They Dangerous or Not?
It is Baby Safety Month Day 25, and all week we have been talking about chemical exposure. In today’s post, we are taking a look at artificial colors. A debate has been brewing for some time over...
View ArticleSurviving a Serious Crash: One Family’s Miraculous Story
If you have not heard this story yet, it is worth the read. We have summarized it below, but you can read the full story and interview with the mom here. Last March, a Phoenix family, Jeff, Ann, Emma...
View ArticleThinking of Deep-frying the Turkey? This Video May Change Your Mind
We’ve heard that fried turkeys can be quite delicious. Unfortunately, many of the special fryers designed to deep-fry a whole turkey can be quite dangerous. Underwriter Laboratories (UL), long...
View ArticleCarbon Monoxide and Portable Generators; What You Need to Know
Although Carbon Monoxide (CO) is always a concern in every household, the number of deaths caused by CO increase dramatically during winter storms as consumers turn to portable generators for power....
View ArticleSome Say Re-Gifting is Tacky, but Could it Also be Dangerous?
It’s been in your closet for almost a year – that blender that your husband’s Aunt Hilda thought you’d love. It is a nice blender, but you already have one that happens to be bright red to match your...
View ArticleWeMakeItSafer: 2011 Year in Review, A Time for Thanks!
This is our favorite time of the year. It is the time when we get to pause and look back. All year long, we run full speed ahead, working long days, long nights and even longer weekends, to get just...
View ArticleDo Your Purchases Meet Your Social, Environmental & Safety Standards?
If you are like me, you have, on more than one occasion, picked up a product in your home and thought, “What’s in this thing anyway?” Or, “Who made this? Were the workers treated fairly?” Animal...
View ArticleThe WINNER of our Cute Kids & Safety Tips Contest is….
We do a lot of really hard stuff at WeMakeItSafer – statistical analysis, computer programming, writing algorithms and proofs – but I think we all agree that our hardest task yet was choosing the...
View ArticleKinderCycle, Save Money and Protect the Environment while Helping Others
When I first heard about KinderCycle, I fell in love with the idea. In a nutshell, KinderCycle is an organized swap of kids’ toys, books, gear, and clothing. You bring the items your child no longer...
View ArticleThank You for Supporting WeMakeItSafer!
Since 2011, WeMakeItSafer has been happy to provide free tools such a our Recall Finder apps to help content publishers and businesses keep their customers safe. Our tools have been particularly...
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