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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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CPSC's powers are comparable to the 1930s Federal Trade Commission (FTC), according to a May 30 motion for summary judgement for the three fired CPSC commissioners.

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Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers June 4 in Maryland U.S. district court pushed back against the idea that modern CPSC is like the 1930s Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

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The 2022-2024 annual average for estimated nonfatal drowning incidents in pools or spas and involving youth under 15 years was about 6,300.

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Heroes Technology, dba Snuggle Me Organic, June 3 asked the Washington, D.C. U.S. appeals court in to vacate CPSC's infant cushion rule.

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Commissioner Douglas Dziak May 29 related his personal experiences in asserting that he prioritizes senior safety.

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Washington State's May 30 final priority products report includes nine instead of 10 categories.

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Young adults and people with long-term health conditions or disabilities have elevated risk of facing "consumer detriments," according to a May U.K. report.

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Applications for the 2025 EU Product Safety Award are due August 25.

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CPSC's FY2026 budget request does not provide program-level details about changes to spending targets as have past requests.

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Briefs on costumes, infant swings, power banks, regulatory burdens, and CPSC grants, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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If anything is clear from the tornado of executive orders in recent weeks, it is that trying to predict how an agency might operate over the next four years is a fool’s errand.