"Ideal" and "Brighter Child" Brand Science Kits
CPSC Recall #06-240 — August 21, 2006
Product
"Ideal" and "Brighter Child" Brand Science Kits
Description
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), School Specialty Publishing, of Columbus, Ohio, is voluntarily recalling about 43,000 "Ideal" and "Brighter Child" Brand Science Kits. The battery case in the science kit can overheat, posing a thermal burn hazard.Name of Product: "Ideal" and "Brighter Child" Brand Science KitsUnits: About 43,000Distributor: School Specialty Publishing, of Columbus, OhioHazard: The battery case in the science kit can overheat, posing a thermal burn hazard.Incidents/Injuries: School Specialty has received one report of the battery case overheating, which resulted in a young boy receiving minor burns to his fingers.Description and Models: This recall involves Ideal and Brighter Child-brand science kits. Models included are "All About Electricity," "All About Magnets," "The Science Search Lab: Electricity," and "The Science Search Lab: Light." The kits were sold in brightly colored 11 3/4-inch by 12-inch boxes with a plastic window and door flap on the front.Sold at: Educational stores and bookstores nationwide, and the schoolspecialty.com Web site, from July 2004 through May 2006 for between $16 and $24.Manufactured In: South AfricaRemedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the science kits and return them to the place of purchase or School Specialty for a refund.Consumer Contact: For more information, consumers can contact School Specialty toll-free at (800) 253-5469 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's Web site at www.schoolspecialtypublishing.com.
Hazard
The battery case in the science kit can overheat, posing a thermal burn hazard.
Incidents / Injuries
School Specialty has received one report of the battery case overheating, which resulted in a young boy receiving minor burns to his fingers.
Remedy
Consumers should immediately stop using the science kits and return them to the place of purchase or School Specialty for a refund.
Units Affected
About 43,000
Sold At
Educational stores and bookstores nationwide, and the schoolspecialty.com Web site, from July 2004 through May 2006 for between $16 and $24.
Manufactured In
South Africa