Tylenol recalls infants' and children's liquid medications. The maker of Tylenol is recalling 21 types of infants' and children's liquid Tylenol, because it may be contaminated with bacteria, including Tylenol Suspension, Tylenol Cold, Tylenol Plus Cough, Tylenol Plus Flu and Tylenol Plus Cold/Allergy in cherry, grape, strawberry and bubble gum flavors. The affected products were manufactured between April and June 2008. Learn more in the full Safety blog post.

FDA bans flavored cigarettes. As part of the national effort to reduce smoking in America, the Food and Drug Administration announced a ban on cigarettes that taste like fruit, candy or clove. Talk about a gateway drug–who do you think is attracted to cigarettes that taste like candy? Check out the FDA advisory to parents on the risks associated with flavored tobacco products, and to the rest of this Safety blog post for more information.

Dangers of furniture tip-overs highlighted by new CPSC outreach. The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently joined the blogosphere and the Twitter universe, opened a channel on YouTube and created a photo stream on Flickr. In The Tipping Point, a featured video, a mother talks about losing her daughter when the toddler was crushed by a television that had fallen off its stand. "These sites are for the moms, dads, grandparents and others who want to protect themselves, their homes and those they care about," wrote Chairman Inez Tenenbaum in her first blog post. Learn how to sign up in the full Safety blog post.