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Jun 23 2025

Jun 23 2025

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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.


Jun 23 2025

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Commissioners June 17 voted 3-0-2 on party lines to undo numerous actions taken since the firing orders against the three Democratic CPSC members.


Jun 23 2025

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Democratic commissioners June 17 set a policy on reduction in force (RIF) decisions and began an audit of DOGE activity at CPSC.


Jun 23 2025

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Over three years in prison and another three supervised release – plus monetary penalties – were the punishments given June 16 to two Gree executives for their 2023 convictions.


Jun 23 2025

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) June 17 requested that the Maryland U.S. district court stay an order to reinstate the three Democratic CPSC commissioners.


Jun 23 2025

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A June 17 motion for the reinstated Democratic CPSC commissioners makes three arguments against the Department of Justice (DOJ) request to a stay the order against their firings.


Jun 23 2025

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) June 17 asked the 4th Circuit U.S. appeals court to stay a district court order to reinstate the three Democratic CPSC commissioners.


Jun 23 2025

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A June 19 motion for the reinstated CPSC commissioners in the 4th circuit U.S. appeals court argues that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has not justified its request to stay a district court's reinstatement order.


Jun 23 2025

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A June 17 joint notice by Amazon and CPSC proposes a six-month schedule to brief the judge in the former's lawsuit seeking to overturn the commission's forced recall order.


Jun 23 2025

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A CPSC decisional meeting on midyear updates to the 2025 operating plan is set for June 25.


Jun 23 2025

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Briefs on bedrails, e-bikes, magnetic toys, light-up toys, crib bumpers, pools, CO, CB antennas, and ACCC, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.


Jun 16 2025

Jun 16 2025

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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.


Jun 16 2025

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Commissioners voted 2-0 June 4 to reelect CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman as vice chairman.


Jun 16 2025

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Toys within the same general categories can differ in age appropriateness, according to a CPSC contractor report made available June 10.


Jun 16 2025

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CPSC received mostly supportive comments regarding a petition seeking rules for child-resistance of ladders for above-ground and portable pools.


Jun 16 2025

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The Washington State Department of Ecology seeks comments by July 20 on proposed restrictions of PFAS in certain consumer or occupational products.


Jun 16 2025

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Converted e-bikes continue to be the top product in U.K. e-bike/scooter fires, according to 2024 data available June 5 from the Office for Product Safety & Standards.


Jun 16 2025

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A June 10 letter from two Democratic House members to CPSC suggests the withdrawal of the e-bike battery rulemaking leaves room for unsafe Chinese products.


Jun 16 2025

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July 18 is the due date on an EC consultation about AI systems that could affect safety and health.

Jun 16 2025

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Briefs on regulatory burdens, CPSC rulemaking, skirts, and youth ATVs, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.



FREE CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Jun 23 2025

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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.


Jun 14 2025

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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.


Jun 09 2025

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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.


May 30 2025

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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.


May 27 2025

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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.


May 21 2025

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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.


May 19 2025

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


May 09 2025

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


May 09 2025

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


Apr 21 2025

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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).


Apr 14 2025

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


Mar 31 2025

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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.


Mar 31 2025

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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.


Mar 24 2025

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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.


Mar 24 2025

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


Mar 17 2025

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A March 11 executive order directs agencies to be aggressive in asking judges to require bonds from those seeking preliminary injunctions against the government.


Mar 10 2025

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CPSC will be neither obliged nor prohibited in providing materials in non-English under a March 1 executive order.


Mar 10 2025

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CPSC publicly posted two February 26 memos to staff against harassment and employment discrimination.


Mar 03 2025

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CPSC and other agencies must have two "technological system[s]" under a February 26 executive order.


Mar 03 2025

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CPSC and other agencies must review their statutes under a February 26 guidance from the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Personnel Managements.