Lawn darts turned the quiet family pastime of standing outdoors into a game of throwing weighted spikes toward the ground near everyone. After three child deaths and hundreds of estimated emergency-room injuries each year, the United States banned their sale in 1988. Some product concepts do not need a second draft; they need a bin.
Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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