Hair Dryers Corrected by Companies
Home product recall 79-022. Announced by CPSC on May 21, 1979.
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Announced by CPSC on May 21, 1979. Copied from CPSC on Oct 24, 2026.
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
Poisoning
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What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
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Which ones are recalled?
The CPSC is concerned that asbestos that may be exposed to the air stream in hand-held hair dryers may present a health hazard.
Conair hand-held hair dryers, General Electric (GE) hand-held hair dryers, Gillette Max hand-held hair dryers, JC Penney hand-held hair dryers, Korvettes Compact Hair Dryer hand-held hair dryers, Korvettes Curl Brush Dryer hand-held hair dryers, Korvettes Pro Dryer hand-held hair dryers, Montgomery Ward hand-held hair dryers, Norelco hand-held hair dryers, North American Pillips hand-held hair dryers, Northern Electric Company hand-held hair dryers, Northern hand-held hair dryers, Oster hand-held hair dryers, Schick hand-held hair dryers, Scoville Dominion Comb & Dry Hair Brush hand-held hair dryers, Scoville Dominion Comb & Dry Hair Dresser hand-held hair dryers, Scoville Dominion Gun Type Hair Dryer hand-held hair dryers, Scoville Dominion Portable Hair Dryer hand-held hair dryers, Scoville Hamilton Beach Deluxe Blower Styler hand-held hair dryers, Scoville Hamilton Beach Female Groomer hand-held hair dryers, Scoville Hamilton Beach Groomer III Englishtown hand-held hair dryers, Scoville Hamilton Beach Hot Comb hand-held hair dryers, Scoville Hamilton Beach Male Groomer hand-held hair dryers, Scoville Hamilton Beach Portable Hair Dryer with Mist Groomer attachment, Scoville Hamilton BeachBlower Styler hand-held hair dryers, Sears hand-held hair dryers and Sunbeam hand-held hair dryers.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Norelco.
- Made by Max Plus.
- Made by Scovill.
- Made by Gillette.
- Made by Montgomery Ward.
- Made by JC Penney.
- Made by Max.
- Made by Supermax.
- Made by Max Hatter.
- Made by Korvettes.
- Made by Oster.
- Made by Sunbeam.
- Made by Conair.
- Made by Sears.
- Made by General Electric.
- Made by Max for Men.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
The notice doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
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Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 24, 2026.