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- Title
Don't give up on infant car seats: Reports of their dangers are premature.
- Authors
Asch-Goodkin, Judith
- Abstract
The article states that "Consumer Reports" retracted the article it published asserting that rear-facing car seats did not dependably protect infants in head-on collisions at speeds of 35 miles per hour (mph) nor in side-impact crashes at 38 mph, following a laboratory test conducted by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The examination found the tests that had been used were simulating a 70-mph side-impact crash, not the 38 mph originally claimed. The journal plans to run the tests again and is calling on readers to suspend judgment on the merits of the products until new testing has been completed and published.
- Subjects
COMMERCIAL product testing; CHILD restraint systems in automobiles; CONSUMER Reports (Periodical); PRODUCT safety; CHILD car seats; ACCIDENT prevention
- Publication
Contemporary Pediatrics, 2007, Vol 24, Issue 2, p11
- ISSN
8750-0507
- Publication type
Article