Amazing Government Websites With Startling, Fascinating and Odd Info – Pt 2

The federal government collects information about business and products so that everyone can see the impact of business and products on people. We thought we’d fill you in.

Here, in Part 2, is our second favorite government database.

Name:  Recalls and product safety news

URL:  http://www.cpsc.gov/businfo/reg1.html.

What it collects: Recalled products.

“Noble” reason we love it:  Because it is publicly available warnings on the care that should be taken with products. And, that life is precious.

Real reason we love it: Seemingly commonsense, foreseeable dangers in certain products that get recalled because of the obvious.

 For instance:

• September 22, 2011: Bridgeway recalls bicycles due to fall hazard (the chain breaks).
• September 28, 2011: Something called Pourable Gel Fuel “can ignite unexpectedly and splatter onto people when it is poured into a firepot that is still burning.”