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There are about a half-dozen each week. It takes less than a minute to scroll through the list if you do it weekly.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government logs lists of various types of recalls online. Besides <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/cpsc.gov\/recalls\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CPSC recalls<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, see <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/recalls.gov\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recalls.gov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for recalls across other agencies involving food, medicine, vehicles and more.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fill out online or mail-in registrations that come with products, especially anything that plugs in, has a battery or is used by children. If you're concerned they'll share your information, then at least provide a secondary email address. That way, companies can contact you in case of safety warnings.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use extra caution when buying from resale websites. It\u2019s illegal for any business to sell recalled products but online marketplaces often do. Individual consumers offering products for sale may not know an item has been recalled.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use even more caution when buying products being shipped from overseas or from websites that seem unprofessional. 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