Buy a Cooktop. Your Stove Can Kill!

If the last stove you bought wasn't properly installed with an anti-tip device, you and your children could be in danger.

Today's typical free-standing stove, unlike the behemoths from days gone by, is so lightweight that it can tip over forward when somebody climbs on, or drops something heavy on, or falls on the open door. None of these are unheard-of scenarios. And you don't want to see the injuries that result either.

Peggy

"We're here today to discuss killer stoves - stoves in most American homes that manufacturers and sellers know are prone to tipping over and that have caused unconscionable harm for more than 25 years. These are ordinary, freestanding gas and electric ranges found in millions of American homes. Manufacturers and retailers have known for years that the stoves have a tendency to tip over when weight is applied to the open oven door. There have been numerous cases reported to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) of death and injury from scalding and burns due to hot foods and liquids spilling from the stove top and from the crushing weight when the range falls over on top of the victim."