Baby Floats Recalled, Could Cause Babies To Drown

9:02 pm EST July 2nd, 2009 | News | 4 Comments

Seriously. WTF?

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is asking parents to immediately stop using a series of inflatable floats for babies in swimming pools, announcing a voluntary recall of about four million floats on Thursday.

The items — which inflate to seat babies and toddlers as they float on water — are manufactured by Massachussetts-based Aqua Leisure Industries. The company has voluntarily recalled 14 models because the legs straps in the seat of the float can tear, causing children to slip into the water and pose a drowning risk, the commission said in a statement.

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4 Responses to “Baby Floats Recalled, Could Cause Babies To Drown”

  1. Quaker in a Basement says:
    July 2, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    People, putting your baby in a little floaty thing in no way whatever means you should take your eyes off the baby for even one second while the baby is in the water.

    Sometimes I think this country has no future at all.

  2. windrush says:
    July 3, 2009 at 5:25 am

    mmh, maybe babies just got fatter and the company forgot to make the floats sturdier?

  3. Duros62 says:
    July 3, 2009 at 10:10 am

    putting your baby in a little floaty thing in no way whatever means you should take your eyes off the baby for even one second while the baby is in the water.

    In no way whatever means you should take your hands off the baby even for a second while the baby is in the water.

  4. Quaker in a Basement says:
    July 3, 2009 at 2:50 pm

    In no way whatever means you should take your hands off the baby

    Even better.