273,000 Pool Toys Recalled for Risking Impalement Injury

Jet Streamers™ Water Blasters Pool Toys RecalledThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in cooperation with Wild Planet Toys of San Francisco, Californiathe manufacturer named below, today announced a voluntary recall of 273,000 Jet Streamers™ Water Blasters Pool Toys, according to the CPSC.

“When partially filled with water, the pool toy can stand upright on the pool floor with the rigid narrow end pointed upward, posing an impalement risk,” says the CPSC. “Wild Planet has received one report of an impalement injury to an 8-year-old girl who landed seat first onto a Jet Streamer left in a swimming pool and received a puncture wound.”

“The Jet Streamers™ Outdoor Antics! Pump-Action Water Blasters are straight squirt guns for the pool,” said the CPSC. “The Jet Streamers measure 9-inches long with a bulbous water reservoir at one end and a rigid tapering handle containing a small water intake hole at the other end. The tapering handle is gray while the bulbous water reservoir varies in colors of white/green, blue/yellow and orange/silver. Tiny raised lettering on the Jet Streamers’ handles state, “©2002 Wild Planet Toys, San Francisco, CA, USA, Made in China.” The toys were sold as a 2-pack set, in packages with other pool toys, such as dive balls and magnet dive gloves, and with boys’ swim trunks. The product packaging is labeled “Jet Streamers,” “Wild Planet” and is for children ages five and older.”

The pool toys were sold from February 2003 through August 2006 by Target, Kohl’s, internet retailers, discount department stores and toy stores nationwide for $6 to $13 a set, according to the CPSC.

“Customers should immediately stop using the Jet Streamers and contact Wild Planet for a replacement product. The replacement product has an angled handle that prevents the handle of the toy from standing upright,” said the CPSC.

For additional information, contact Wild Planet Toys at (800) 247-6570 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday or visit Wild Planet’s Web site at www.wildplanet.com/jetstreamers, or email the firm at: help@wildplanet.com