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CPSC Executive Director Brien Lorenze's June 1 commissioner nomination is for the past seat of ex-Commissioner Douglas Dziak.

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Knowing and willful violations of prohibitions in CPSA Section 19 represent the bulk of potential criminal acts by those regulated by CPSC.

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The CPSC Inspector General (IG) office June 2 urged eight actions following its findings that faulted pre-dissemination reviews of scientific information.

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In granting a 2025 petition for rules on pool ladders, CPSC nonetheless is giving 12 months for voluntary standards activity.

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The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) May 29 said it brought a court case against Amazon over children's backpacks allegedly violating button battery requirements.

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ATVs were the vehicles in almost two-thirds of the 2,685 known deaths associated with off-highway vehicles (OHVs) in 2020-2022, according to a CPSC report made available May 27.

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CPSC knows of 2,812 deaths in 2022-2023 associated with nonpowered bicycles, according to the agency's report issued May 27.

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CPSC estimated that in 2022, there were 274 unintentional deaths that occurred in 182 incidents that were caused by non-fire carbon monoxide (CO), according to its May 27 report.

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Amazon, eBay, Fruugo, and Kogan received takedown requests in Australia for toys and games containing small magnets.

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Products containing hazardous substance will be the target of a 2028 inspection action, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced June 3.

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Briefs on heated insoles, crib bumpers, CPSC IG, chemicals, winter, and CPSC grants, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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Inability to link products to owners is a "fundamental structural deficiency," according to a commenter to CPSC's information request on recall fraud.

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Infant self-feeders cannot be sold in Australia under a ban published May 26.

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Temu has three months – to August 28 – to give the EC a compliance action plan following a €200 million fine under the Digital Services Act.

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The last quarter of 2025 saw European consumers get more that 4.1 million direct recall notices from e-commerce platforms participating in the EC's Product Safety Pledge.

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Observed placement of children in restraints like car seats and boosters rose slightly from 2024 (92.2%) to 2025 (92.5%), according to a May report by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).

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The European Commission published a study examining the intersection of product safety and the circular economy, to support implementation of the General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (GPSR).

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Briefs on drain covers, pools/spas, hurricanes, animal products, and construction products, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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In 2025, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a record-setting total of 422 recalls.

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A 3-0 Republican CPSC majority is being set up with the nomination of Karen Diebel Sessions.

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The October 2 nomination of William Hewes III to fill the slot vacated by Douglas Dziak is a step towards CPSC having an operational commission.

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CPSC Acting-Chairman Peter Feldman received sole power to take steps usually involving a commission majority, including publishing rulemaking actions.

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The Supreme Court July 23 stayed the district court decision that returned the three Democratic commissioners to CPSC.

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Whether disruptions at CPSC are due to the firings or to the reinstatements of the Democratic commissioners is a question that may determine if two stays are granted.

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The three fired CPSC commissioners can return to their jobs under a permanent injunction issued June 13 by Judge Matthew Maddox in Maryland U.S. district court.

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Marc J. Schoem

During the 1960s, product safety concerns were managed by multiple government agencies, including the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW, predecessor to the Department of Health and Human Services), the National Bureau of Standards, the Food and Drug Administration, and others.

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The idea to move CPSC into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) became a confirmed plan May 30 with the publication of CPSC and HHS FY2026 budget requests.

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Robert Adler and R. David Pittle, Ph.D.

If you think that President Trump's legally dubious war on regulatory agencies like EEOC, NLRB, and FTC is outrageous, be prepared to recognize the tiny Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) as the hands-down winner for most savaged regulatory agency in this administration.

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CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman is among the defendants in a May 21 civil complaint over the firings of the three Democratic commissioners.

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Who is encroaching on whose constitutional powers is the question that will ultimately determine if the DOGE process can continue.

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The three Democratic commissioners were removed from their posts May 8, setting up a likely legal battle.

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DOGE operatives arrived at CPSC May 8, corroborated multiple sources whose accuracy on the matter PSL trusts.

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PSL has seen but not authenticated a 64-page document getting increasing attention in the general press and containing a paragraph on CPSC being absorbed into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Two April 9 directives set into motion more reviews by agencies of their rules.

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CPSC's duties under CPSA 29(e) and (f) likely will be key in its review of how and if it can ensure 6(b) protection in complying with an executive order for government-wide access to agencies' information.

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What the term public safety means in recent executive orders has gained more importance now that it is one of four criteria to focus Justice Department scrutiny of attorneys who have represented clients against the government in the last eight years.

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CPSC is using a blanket disclaimer that historical documents on its website might not comply with a January executive order on gender.

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CPSC has reverted to giving NEISS coders three numbers to process hospitals' descriptions of sex and gender.