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TOTAL PRODUCT RECALL
CPSC #79022Home & furniture

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Conair · Recalled

Hair Dryers Corrected by Companies

Other hazard

Poisoning

Units
Not stated
Reports
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Injuries
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Deaths
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Price
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Remedy
See notice

Reports, injuries, deaths and price are read out of the notice’s wording by rules, so they can miss unusual phrasing. The official notice is the record.

Affected

The CPSC is concerned that asbestos that may be exposed to the air stream in hand-held hair dryers may present a health hazard.

The file

Sold at
Not stated
Product type
Not stated
Made in
Not stated
Recalled by
Conair, General Electric, Gillette, JC Penney, Korvettes, Max and others

Incident log

None stated.

What the notice says to do

See the official notice.

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Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.

Notice first dated MAY 21 1979; last revised DEC 17 2014.

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