Nature Science Kit Recalled by Price Stern Sloan
Kids’ product recall 97-030. Announced by CPSC on Nov 26, 1996.
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Announced by CPSC on Nov 26, 1996. Copied from CPSC on Oct 24, 2026.
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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?
Nature Science Kit Recalled by Price Stern Sloan NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 Note: Firm is out of business. Do not use these products. Please discard or destroy these products. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Nychelle White Originally issued November 26, 1996; Revised July 10, 2001 (301) 504-7063 Release # 97-030 CPSC, Price Stern Sloan Announce Exploring Nature Science Activity Kit Recall WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Price Stern Sloan Inc. of Los Angeles is voluntarily recalling more than 34,000 Exploring Nature Funstation science activity book kits. The kit is packaged with a compass that may leak fluid containing kerosene. The compass can be hazardous to young children if they ingest the kerosene or inhale it into their lungs. Price Stern Sloan Inc. has received one report of a 16-month-old child who vomited after ingesting fluid from the compass. The kit is intended for children 8 and older. The Exploring Nature Funstation (ISBN # 08431-3942-0) contains a book with a number of science projects and items to perform the science projects including a compass, magnifying glass, petri dish, crayons, a tweezers, test tube, a thermometer, and stickers. Warehouse clubs, bookstores, chain stores, and whole salers sold the kits nationwide from March 1996 through August 1996 for about $13 to $22. Consumers should take these recalled kits away from children immediately. The firm is out of business. Please discard or destroy these products.
Exploring Nature Funstation science activity book kits.
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Who made and sold it?
- Made by Price Stern Sloan.
- Made by Exploring Nature Funstation.
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Was anyone hurt?
The notice doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
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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.