Hair dryers recalled over water safety issue

Deseret News (Salt Lake City), May 28, 2004

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A New York company is recalling 359,000 hair dryers because they are not equipped with an immersion protection device to prevent electrocution if they fall in water, as required by industry standards.

The recall includes electric hand-held hair dryers with the following model names: Turbo 1500, Twin Turbo 2600, Turbo 2800 Silverado, Twin Turbo 2800, Mega Turbo 2500, Twin Turbo Ionic 3000, Parlux 3000, Mega Turbo 3000, Coldmatic 1500, Turbo Millennium 2000, Turbo 2200, and Super Turbo 1900.