Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DUREs1QjWTm/ These bolts, installed on model year 2026 Trek FX+ 1 and Electra Townie Go! electric bicycles, break when torqued causing the rear wheel to separate from the bicycle and creating fall and injury hazards. The recall involves the original black rear wheel bolts on Trek FX+ 1 Midstep, FX+ 1S Midstep, FX+ 1 Stepover, FX+ 1S Stepover bicycles, Electra...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DUREHndlLep/ A compression strap that wraps around the outside of the pool legs create a foothold that allows a child to climb into the pool and drown. The recall includes Sunneday Oasis Cottage pool models 70018 and 70024 and Blue Bay pool models 358015W, 359015G, 360018W, 361018G, and 380018T. About 2,390 pools were sold online at Amazon.com and www.sunneday...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DURDe8_FJ-F/ The fan wheels on these units can fail causing abnormal burner operation that produces smoke and/or bursts of flames during use. The recall includes Gas Wet Steam and Hot Water Pressure Washers, Gas Hot Water Commercial Pressure Washer Skids, and Trailer-Mounted Hot Water Commercial Pressure Washers. Only units with a serial number containing a MO...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DURCy4oD0aH/ The product contains methanol and is not sold in child-resistant packaging creating a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning if swallowed by young children. The glue also violates federal labeling requirements because it is incorrectly labeled as non-toxic and does not include a highly flammable warning. The recall applies to Bazic Silicon...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DUQ8GMYjpTK/ The legs can detach from the body and release small beads that pose a choking hazard to young children. The recall includes toys labeled with HL699436 or HL731481. About 21,230 plush toys were sold at Hobby Lobby stores and online at hobbylobby.com from May 2025 through December 2025. Stop using these recalled Giraffe and Llama plush toys and retu...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DUQ7TU6EZRU/ The bottles contain supplements with iron, which by law must be in child-resistant packaging. The failure creates a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning if swallowed by young children. The recall includes bottles with UPC 850027975177 and lot numbers 0515I1, 0130B2, 0187I2, 0324J2, 0309A3, 0368L2, 0272B3, 0408H3, 0143A4, and 0179C4, as w...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DUCBEY_j9LV/ This canned tuna is contaminated with Clostridium botulinum , a bacterium that causes a potentially fatal form of food poisoning. A manufacturing defect in the easy-open pull-tab can lid compromises the seal over time. The recall includes can codes S84N D2L with a Best if Used By date of January 21, 2028, S84N D3L with a Best if Used By date of Ja...

Packs Have Salmonella Contamination Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DUB_8z8j5zx/ Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal gastrointestinal and systemic infections in young children, elderly persons, and others with weakened immune systems. Affected are Original and Wild Berry flavors with lot codes beginning with the letter “A” and expiration dates ranging from August 2026 through Ja...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DUB_KHeD0UA/ Salmonella causes serious and sometimes fatal gastrointestinal and systemic infections in young children, elderly persons, and others with weakened immune systems.  Affected are products with Best If Used By: End of APRIL and MAY 2027. These contaminated chia seeds were sold nationally through retail stores such as Whole Foods Market and online re...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DUB-fTclzwR/ These significant levels of lead can leach into food and cause serious health risks, especially to children and unborn babies. Lead exposure has no known safe level, is neurotoxic, and can result in learning problems, reduced IQ, behavior changes, and, at higher levels, fatigue, headache, stomach pain, vomiting, and neurological effects. The recal...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DUB2PaQD87W/ The power cords of these treadmills loosen and detach from the treadmills’ power sockets creating fire hazards. Affected are Matrix Retail T30, TF30, T50, TF50, and T75 treadmills as well as Vision T9800, TF20, T40, and T80 treadmills. About 47,000 treadmills were sold at specialty fitness retailers nationwide and online at matrixhomefitness.com a...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DUB1dSXFcVC/ The bottles contain minoxidil, which, if ingested, creates a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning About 29,000 bottles were sold online at Amazon.com between December 2024 and September 2025. Immediately secure these recalled spray bottles out of sight and reach of children. To obtain a free replacement or for more information, contact M...

Cumbor Retractable Safety Gates Entrap Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DUB03KPjSnB/ They violate the mandatory standard for expansion gates and expandable enclosures. A child’s torso can fit through the opening between the gate and the floor creating risks of serious injury or death from entrapment. Affected is model number S5V2 with cohort information A202504S5V2A001. About 4,520 gates were...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DUB0D1rAMlb/ These sets violate the mandatory standard for toys as they contain loose, high-powered magnets that pose a serious ingestion hazard. If swallowed, the magnets can attract each other leading to intestinal perforations, twisting or blockage, systemic infections, and death. About 1,600 toy sets were sold online at amazon.com between June 2025 and Aug...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DUBzJWSDLXX/ This product contains Pseudomonas aeruginosa which triggers serious infections in people with weakened immune systems, external medical devices, or underlying lung disease. The bacteria enters the body via inhalation, through the eyes, or through a break in the skin. About 1,500,000 stain removal bottles were sold in the US and about 43,700 bottle...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DUByiJVGIjQ/ These toys have loose, high-powered magnets that pose a serious ingestion hazard. If swallowed, the magnets attract each other inside the body leading to intestinal perforations, twisting or blockage, infection, and death. About 9,300 of these magnet ball toy sets were sold online at Amazon.com between February 2025 and October 2025. Stop allowing...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DUBxd0nFTxr/ They violate mandatory child safety standards for toys. The silicone strings are smaller than permitted and can reach the back of a child’s throat, becoming lodged and creating a risk of respiratory distress, serious choking, and death. Affected is Model number 688-59. About 6,800 of these teething toys were sold online at Amazon.com between June...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DUBwQgpD7Je/ They violate mandatory standards for multipurpose lighters, lack required child-resistant mechanisms, and create risks of serious injury or death from fire and burn hazards. About 7,500 lighters were sold online on Amazon in the US between September 2025 and October 2025. Stop using these recalled lighters. To obtain a full refund, destroy the lig...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DUBvluRliqc/ These chairs’ legs break creating injury and fall hazards. Affected is lot number 177296 with manufacture dates of July 2025 or August 2025. About 35,300 chairs were sold at Academy Sports + Outdoors stores nationwide and online at academy.com between September 2025 and October 2025. Stop sitting in these recalled chairs. Return yours to any Acade...

From May 2020 Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DT6HO5kjrwe/ As our house arrest continues, we all yearn for anything to improve our outlooks on life.  Researchers at Iowa State University studied 423 young adults 20 to 35 years of age surveying their moods and quantitating their physical activities over 10 days using wearable sensors.   Almost anything is better than sitting around.  Replacin...

From May 2020 Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DT6GsiJDhL-/ Women with a miscarriage history attempting to get pregnant may lose the fetus to aggressive exercising even before they know they are pregnant.  Epidemiologists at UMass-Amherst studied 785 high risk pregnancies in young women with one or two previous miscarriages.   Seven percent of the women suffered yet another miscarriage just a...

From Sept 2022 Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DT6FxxngCbU/ Walking with your crying baby will induce calm and promote sleep better than merely sitting and holding the child.  Japanese social scientists report this conclusion after studying the responses of 21 infants as their moms tried to calm them and induce their sleep by either walking them, sitting with them, or placing them in a crib w...

From Jan 2023 Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DT6DzIGDiPW/ Those with a strong handgrip have a 26% lower risk of depression as years go by.  This the conclusion after a study of 115,600 older Europeans living in 24 different countries over a 7 year period.     The investigators found a dose-response relationship between handgrip power and risk of depression for both men and women.  The assoc...

From Feb 2023 Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DT6DQatDCuV/ Listening to music you love lowers your pain threshold.  Dutch anesthesia-pain researchers studied the perception of pressure- and electrically-induced pain in 415 subjects.  Tolerance for both types of pain was better for those listening to their preferred brands of music rather than music they found annoying.  One odd finding: list...

From Jan 2024 Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DT6A_3Ejv-N/ Even minimal alcohol and tobacco use by pregnant women affects their child’s brain performance later.  This the conclusion of a multisite, collaborative study helmed by Columbia University psychiatrists.  The researchers reviewed the brain wave studies of 649 children at various ages from 5 to 11 years looking at abnormalities as a f...