Archive for the ‘Safety Information & Tips’ Category
Exposure to Dangerous Chemicals: Baby Safety Month Week 4
Week 4 of Baby Safety Month already? Where does the time go?! This week, we are talking about exposure to dangerous chemicals. It’s a big topic with a lot of important information, so we’re doing things a bit differently this week. Although the To-Dos will continue to be quick, the information will be a bit [...]
Baby Safety Month Week 3 is Play Time! Check These Toy Safety Tips
It’s week 3 of Baby Safety Month, and this week, we’re talking toys! Think you’ve got a good handle on safe entertainment for Baby? Check out this quick list to be sure. As before, our goal is to provide tips and reminders about things you may have forgotten or overlooked. Your quick-tips checklist for this [...]
Baby Safety Month Week 2: Baby-Proofing You May Have Missed
It’s Week 2 of Baby Safety Month, and this week’s quick tips are all about baby proofing. We aren’t talking about stair gates and drawer latches; we bet you have those covered. This week, we’re highlighting some of the less obvious stuff – seven potential dangers you may have put off, forgotten about or overlooked. [...]
Your Safety Checklist for September, National Baby Safety Month – Week 1
For each week of Baby Safety Month, we will highlight simple things you can do to help keep your wee one safe. Please try to take a few moments every day (or over the weekend) to complete the tasks and check them off this handy list. Week 1 With all the confusion over new safety [...]
Baby Sign Language Can Help Keep Children Safe
Sincere thanks to Joann Woolley for her contribution to this post. Communicating with babies before they can talk is a challenge to say the least. We think they understand when we tell them, “don’t touch,” but how can we be sure? Teaching babies and toddlers some simple signs will help them to more fully comprehend [...]
Putting Out a Grease Fire: At 13, I Made the Wrong Choice
Earlier this week, we asked our facebook fans what they would do in this scenario: You leave bacon on the stove while running to put in a load of laundry, and the pan catches fire. What do you do? a) Cover it with a lid. b) Put water on it. c) Sprinkle it with baking [...]
Dog Bites: How to Protect Yourself
WeMakeItSafer thanks Melina Druga for this guest post. You love your dog. You may even consider it one of your family members. But a dog is still an animal and must be treated like one. Dogs can and do bite. According to The Humane Society of the United States 800,000 people a year are bitten [...]
Protecting Yourself from Recalled Products – How Much Risk Can You Bear?
Thousands of consumer products, accounting for hundreds-of-millions of items, are recalled each year for safety hazards that put their owners at increased risk of injury or death. Over the past five years alone, we have seen more than 150 million children’s items, 110 million household goods and 9 million pieces of sporting equipment recalled by [...]
CPR has Changed: What you Need to Know
In last week’s guest post on safe swimming , Melina Druga recommended learning CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation). We agree. Learning CPR is a good idea – even if you have already taken a CPR course in the past. Why re-learn? Because what you were taught before may no longer be the best advice. As medical science [...]
Safety Tips for Safe Swimming This Summer
WeMakeItSafer would like to thank Melina Druga for this guest post. On an average day in the United States ten people drown. In addition, hundreds of near drownings occur with many of the victims becoming permanently brain damaged. What makes these deaths and injuries even more tragic is the fact the majority of them were [...]
WeMakeItSafer Brings Product Safety to Facebook
If you have been keeping an eye on WeMakeItSafer’s facebook page recently, you have probably noticed that it has become much more interactive. We have added several pages (a.k.a “tabs” in facebook speak) that enable you to access many of your favorite WeMakeItSafer tools directly from within facebook. Now, you can keep up with the [...]
My drop-side crib has NOT been recalled. Is it safe?
07/11/2011 Editor’s Note: This post was written in response to questions specifically regarding drop-sides. However, the CPSC has asked that we add a note to emphasize that the new standards, which went into effect on June 28, 2011, cover several improved safety features, beyond just the ban on traditional drop-sides. The new standards also include [...]
Don’t put off safety any longer. Take five minutes right now to protect your family.
Items I Own checks your belongings against thousands of recalled products at once, then keeps checking every item, every day, so you don’t have to. In only a few short weeks since its release, Items I Own is proving to be a hit as consumers learn about its ability to save them time and bring [...]
The Number of Children Falling from Windows is Alarming
This week is National Window Safety Week. We join the National Safety Council (NSC) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in urging you to please take a few moments this weekend to learn about window safety and secure your homes and childcare facilities. Video Source: CPSC The information below was originally published in InformMe, [...]
Should we be Worried about Radiation from Japan?
In the wake of the tsunami tragedy that damaged nuclear power plants in Japan, many have asked whether or not we need to be concerned about radiation poisoning here in the United States, particularly in states bordered by the Pacific. According to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), “Given the thousands of miles between the [...]
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