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Philips Recalled 15 Million Breathing Machines in 2021 Because Their Sound-Dampening Foam Could Crumble Into the Air Patients Inhaled. An FDA Inspection Found the Company Had Been Aware of Degrading Foam Since 2015.
On 14 June 2021, Philips Respironics announced a recall of CPAP machines, BiPAP machines and ventilators, around 15 million devices worldwide. Most were sleep apnea machines, which blow air into the airway of a sleeping person so that it stays open through the night. The ventilators were for people who
The Safety Commission Told Parents to Stop Using the Peloton Tread+ After a Child Died. Peloton Called the Warning Inaccurate and Misleading, Then Recalled 125,000 Machines Eighteen Days Later.
On 17 April 2021, the Consumer Product Safety Commission told the public to stop using the Peloton Tread+ if there were children or pets in the house. The commission does not usually do this. It has the authority to issue a unilateral warning without a company's agreement, and
Fisher-Price Consulted One Doctor, Who Was Not a Pediatrician, Before Selling the Rock 'n Play Sleeper. It Made at Least $200 Million and Was Linked to Roughly 100 Infant Deaths.
The Fisher-Price Rock 'n Play Sleeper went on sale in 2009. It was an inclined seat that held an infant at roughly thirty degrees, marketed for overnight sleep, and it sold on the strength of a simple observation: babies placed in it stopped crying and stayed asleep. Parents
Samsung Moved Up the Galaxy Note 7's Launch to Beat a Phone Reviewers Called Boring. The Boring Phone Was Still Legal to Bring on an Airplane.
On August 19, 2016, Samsung launched the Galaxy Note 7 ahead of its usual schedule. According to Bloomberg's reporting at the time, the move was deliberate: get to market before Apple's iPhone 7, a phone the tech press had already pegged as an incremental, unexciting refresh
Volkswagen's Diesel Cars Were Only Clean When Someone Was Watching
For nine years, 11 million cars ran a second, secret program whenever a lab was watching. The rest of the time, they just breathed normally.