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Petitioners seeking a Supreme Court review of the removal protections granted to CPSC commissioners made three counter arguments to the government's position.

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Commissioners September 10 voted 5-0 to grant Amazon a filing extension related to a proposed notification and action plan in the forced recall case.

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Misinterpretation of Section 15 is among the six reasons CPSC staff listed in asking the commission to set aside the July dismissal of the recall case against Leachco.

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About 16% of U.S. households lack functional smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms, according to a CPSC contractor report released September 5.

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Commissioners' votes are due September 17 on a request for a 60-day comment period on draft updates to CPSC's Public Playground Handbook.

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Briefs on e-filing, infant bath seats, infant carriers, chargers, hurricanes, and CPSC lapse plan, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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Democratic CPSC Commissioners August 21 cast two votes against a retraction request from Dreamland Baby and to send the firm an explanatory letter.

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Republican Commissioners Douglas Dziak and Peter Feldman September 3 called for an investigation of how foreign e-commerce platforms ensure that products meet CPSC safety requirements.

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Commissioners September 4 voted 5-0 to start a second comment period on expanding CPSC's e-filing beta pilot.

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Commissioners' votes were due near the PSL deadline on issuing a request for comments on whether recent updates to ASTM F2236-14 improves safety for soft infant and toddler carriers.

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The need for robust battery management systems (BMS) was the takeaway by CPSC staff from a contractor review of ignitions of e-bike batteries.

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Converted e-bikes were the top product involved in U.K. e-bike/scooter fires in 2022 and 2023, according to an August 27 report by the Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS).

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Briefs on micromobility, water beads, ROPS, and asbestos, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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The 10th Circuit U.S. appeals court June 4 ruled Leachco cannot stop CPSC's administrative proceeding based solely on whether the commission's structure is constitutional.

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Republicans chairing the House committee and subcommittee that oversee CPSC March 4 asserted that the agency puts policy announcements behind a paywall when speaking before the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICHPSO).

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The Senate March 7 confirmed Douglas Dziak, by unanimous voice vote, to become a CPSC commissioner.

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Consumer product recalls announced by the CPSC in 2023 showed some troublesome extremes.

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The U.S. 5th Circuit appeals court January 17 upheld the protections CPSC commissioners enjoy against not-for-cause removal by presidents.

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Cost-benefit procedure was faulted September 12 by a three-judge panel to vacate CPSC's rule on custom window coverings.

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While the recent $11.5 M civil penalty agreement between Whirlpool and the CPSC certainly raised some eyebrows, what caught my attention are the technical issues behind this penalty.

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CPSC's July 27 hearing on battery fires, especially in micromobility, was marked by a consensus across stakeholders for commission rulemaking.

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Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) April 26 pushed Consumer Reports to detail any contacts by its writers or other staff with anyone at CPSC over gas stoves.

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Furniture manufacturers and retailers are currently at a crossroads not knowing which way to turn.

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Douglas Dziak is the nominee for the open commissioner position at CPSC.

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CPSC's FY2024 budget request, if granted, would give it 39.4% raise over its current funding.

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A child's value of statistical life (VSL) would be twice that of an adult's in a draft CPSC guidance on such calculations.

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The International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) kicked off its 30th Anniversary year at the recently held 2023 Annual Meeting and Training Symposium in Orlando, Florida.

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CPSC staff February 22 sent commissioners a draft request for information (RFI) about gas stoves' effects on indoor air.

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CPSC staffers February 10 asked UL to form a working group to look at lithium-ion battery fires in micromobility products.

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Commissioners voted 3-1 February 8 to publish the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) on revising CPSC's 6(b) rules.

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'Second-life' lithium-ion batteries have generally the same hazard patterns as new counterparts, but at higher likelihood, according to a January 31 report by the UK Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS).

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Many of CPSC staff's 6(b) proposals rely on an understanding of disclosure as involving release of new information.

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The Window Covering Manufacturers Association (WCMA) January 10 won a stay of the recent CPSC rule on custom window coverings.