AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-23860080_ITM" title="Facts and information about Starbucks to take back kids' cups. (Recalls & Safety Alerts).(Brief Article)">Starbucks to take back kids' cups. (Recalls & Safety Alerts).(Brief Article)</a>

Close Set up an RSS feed that alerts you when new articles from Consumer Reports are available.

Frequently asked questions about RSS feeds

Starbucks to take back kids' cups. (Recalls & Safety Alerts).(Brief Article)

Consumer Reports

| August 01, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The Starbucks coffee chain is recalling thousands of tumblers featuring the likeness of the chain's Bearista Bear character. The cup's flexible plastic straw could break into small pieces when chewed, creating a choke hazard for small children. Starbucks' spokeswoman Audrey Lincoff said approximately 35,000 of the cups were sold in the U.S.; another 3,000 were sold in Canada and Taiwan. Starbucks has received two reports of children having straw shards in their mouths. No injuries have been reported according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Lincoff could not explain why the straw might come apart since it successfully withstood "bite" ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more


Come back kids.(Dykes To Watch Out For)(Cartoon): Magazine article from: off our backs Bechdel, Alison April 1, 2008 700+ words
[c] 2008 BY ALISON BECHDEL DID YOU SEE THE LATEST VIDEO I POSTED? OF J.R. DOING HER CHINESE FLASH CARDS? I THINK SHE HAS A REAL KNACK FOR LANGUAGES. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THAT'S GREAT, SWEETIE. BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME TO CHECK YOUR BLOG EVERY TWENTY MINUTES. I'M PREPARING MY COMMENTS FOR THIS PANEL


DADS BACK KIDS 'BILL'.(News): Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) July 18, 2004 700+ words
Byline: LOUISE BARNETT PLANS to give divorced parents in Britain more equal access to their children were welcomed yesterday by campaigners Fathers Direct. The group was responding to leaked details of a Government Green Paper which proposes to reform family courts to boost contact between children


Bring back kids' rail warnings.(Features): Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) March 22, 2006 700+ words
Byline: Adrian Butler THERE'S a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon where the pair are working on a road safety poster for a competition. Schoolboy Calvin comes up with the slogan "Be careful, or be roadkill," drawn in "3D Gore-O-Rama". He gets a ticking off from his teacher for being tasteless. If he'd


Come back kids!: Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) September 5, 2009 700+ words
Byline: NICK HILTON'S TRANMERE''S youngsters fought back to take a Youth Alliance point after falling three goals behind in the opening 20 minutes of the NorthWest Conference fixture at Raby Vale. goal back for Rovers two minutes later, then notched the equaliser on 83 minutes. Come Rovers, playing


Scots back kids' smack.(News): Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) November 5, 2003 700+ words
SCOTS parents are more likely to smack their kidsthan their counterparts in England, a new survey has revealed. The poll, for Mother and Baby magazine, found that 71 per cent of parents physically disciplined toddlers. The UK average was just 57 per cent. Editor Karen Pasquali Jones said: ``We are


COME BACK KIDS.(Company Operations): Magazine article from: Electronic Business Jorgensen, Barbara October 15, 2000 700+ words
Three companies that have re-invented themselves to survive If you were to compare the ELECTRONIC BUSINESS Top 200 lists from the 1970s to 2000's EB300, you'd notice that a lot of names have fallen off over the years. Most have been acquired, unable to react to the market pressures emerging over


come-back 'kids'.(Sports): Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot July 5, 2009 700+ words
FOUR YEARS after competing in - and winning - his last Tour de France, Lance Armstrong returned to try again Saturday. (He's 10th after the first stage. Story, back page) History shows varied results for former champions who reached for the brass ring once again after years away from the sport:


FIRM FRIENDS BACK KIDS CAMPAIGN; Pals swap shirts for cash.(Features): Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) October 29, 2002 700+ words
Byline: LINDSAY CLYDESDALE OLD Firm fans swapped sides to raise hundreds of pounds in the latest fundraiser for the Save Our Kids campaign. Die-hard Rangers fan Senga Bain raised pounds 130 by wearing a Celtic top signed by the Parkhead squad. That was just part of the pounds 600 raised at St

For more facts and information, see all results