A steady stream of dangerous imports

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American consumers have good reason to be cautious as product after product -- all originating in China -- have been yanked off U.S. shelves. Here is a list, based on alerts from the responsi

Easy-Bake Oven: 249 reports of children getting their hands or fingers caught in a small opening in the oven, including 77 burns (16 of which were second- and third-degree). Manufactured by Hasbro and distributed by Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Target and KB Toys through July. Oversight agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

Seafood: The Food and Drug Administration has asked importers to provide third-party laboratory results for all catfish, basa, shrimp, dace and eel from China. All repeatedly contained drug traces, prompting multiple alerts to retailers, including...