News about product recalls isn't uncommon. But do you know about the biggest ones that have occurred in American history? Here are the top five:
One million Infantino SligRider and Wendy Bellissimo baby slings were recalled in 2010 after they were linked to three infant deaths. It was discovered the slings could cause suffocation.
More than 400,000 drop-side cribs made by Simplicity were recalled on July 2, 2009 after an 8-month=old child in Houston suffocated.
A 2008 salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds of people may have killed eight was traced back to Peanut Corp. of America. Their recalled peanuts could be found in everything from peanut butter to ice cream.
In 2000, Bridgestone-Firestone Inc. recalled 6.5 million Firestone tires involved in one of the most dangerous product faults in automobile history - a tendency for tire failure that caused nearly 175 deaths and more than 700 injuries.
In the fall of 1982, seven people in the Chicago area died after ingesting Extra-Strength Tylenol laced with potassium cyanide. After the recall, the FDA mandated new tamper-proof seals for over-the-counter drugs.
