An exploding hazard that left at least 23 people injured has led the makers of a toilet flushing system to issue a recall of more than 1.4 million products. The company, Flushmate, has received more than 1,400 reports in the U.S. of their pressure-assisted toilet flushing systems bursting and causing property damage totaling about $710,000. At least 23 people have also reported injuries from the exploding toilets, including one person who required foot surgery, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Flushmate said the recalled units have a date code/serial number that is 15 characters long and is located on the label on top of the product. The date code range for units included in this recall in MMDDYY format is 090396 (September 3, 1996) through 120713 (December 7, 2013).

Source: Daily Mail October 22, 2018 12:49 UTC