U.S. government issues warning on McDonald's recalled wearable devices
 

U.S. government issues warning on McDonald's recalled wearable devices
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Last week's McDonald's debacle, which saw the fast food giant forced to recall its first wearable tracker, has taken yet a**ther turn, this time involving the U.S. government.*

On Tuesday, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) followed McDonald's recall of the device with its own official warning to consumers, and revealed a few facts that we didn't have before.*

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According to the CPSC, McDonald's had roughly 29 million Step-It devices in the U.S. and 3.6 million units in Canada.*

Of the units that actually made it onto the wrists of consumers, there were more "70 reports of incidents, including seven reports of blisters," after users put the wearable devices on their wrists.* Read more...

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