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Almost one million home improvement books have been pulled from the
shelves due to "errors in the technical diagrams and wiring
instructions." That's according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC). The publisher, Oxmoor House of Birmingham,
Alabama, has acknowledged that the books contain inaccurate
information that could result in electrical shock or a fire hazard.
The name Oxmoor may not ring many bells, but the the names Sunset
Books and Lowe's are the very recognizable public faces involved
and the names that appear on most of the books. The nine books
involved in the recall and their publication dates are: "Sunset
Basic Home Repairs" (1995, 1975) "S...
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