The injury occurs when a child puts its finger in the hinge area of the stroller when it is folding or unfolding.  The injuries include lacerations as well as amputation and happens on either the single or the double stroller.

The stollers have been sold at Babies R Us, Target and other stores where baby items are sold from 1999 thru this month and were priced between $100 and $400.  The are marked with the name “Maclaren” (see just one image below) and sold under the names of:

Volo, Triumph, Quest Sport, Quest Mod, Techno XT, TechnoXLR, Twin Triumph, Twin Techno and Easy Traveller

Consumers are urged to stop using the strollers immediately and to order a free repair kit from Maclaren at (877) 688-2326 or on their website www.maclaren.us/recall.  

While Matrixx Initiatives, manufacturers of Zicam, maintains that their product is safe, as a result of the F.D.A warning, they issued a press release today stating they are voluntarily recalling all Zicam products.

The F.D.A. has received rover 130 reports of anosmia, or loss of smell, from consumers with as little as one dose of the nasal gel.  The reports date back to 1999 and include both temporary and permanent loss of smell.

Zicam isand is distributed as a homeopathic remedy. As such, they  did not need approval from the F.D.A. to sell the product.   However, according to the New York Times, Matrixx has settled over 340 claims totalling over $12 million for loss of smell and has over 800 reports of loss of smell but F.D.A. has not seen those reports.

According to Janet Woodcock, M.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)

“Loss of sense of smell is a serious risk for people who use these products for relief from cold symptoms. We are concerned that consumers may unknowingly use a product that could cause serious harm, and therefore we are advising them not to use these products for any reason.”

Matrixx has asked consumers to discard any unused product or request a refund on line at www.ziam.com or by calling 1-877-942-2626.