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Rejecting its statutory status as an independent agency was the first of four reasons CPSC gave February 24 in withdrawing a 2024 guidance on children's value of statistical life (VSL).

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CSPC has legal tools to address emerging challenges like e-commerce despite the age of its primary statute, former Commissioner Douglas Dziak told an ICPHSO audience February 25.

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Tallying recalls and totaling monetary penalties might not be good ways to measure how well CPSC is fulfilling its mission, former Commissioner Dana Baiocco suggested February 24.

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CPSC had no presence at the February 23-25 conference of the International Consumer Product Health & Safety Organization (ICPHSO).

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Pictograms in drowning warnings were the focus of a February ASTM F15.21 meeting on infant tubs.

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The EC is seeking revisions by October of two opinions on product risks.

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Briefs on pressure cookers and cribs, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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The presumptive future confirmations of William Hewes and Karen Sessions as commissioners would eliminate questions about CPSC's currently atypical leadership setup.

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The likely upcoming Republican monopoly on CPSC power does not violate the letter of the CPSA despite bipartisanship being both a half-century tradition and the goal of those who wrote the 1972 law.

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Two open CPSC seats have not reached the ends of their set terms, and who fills them still is subject to open court cases.

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A Senate delay past the spring on the nominations of William Hewes and Karen Sessions to become commissioners might prompt CPSC to request its FY2027 budget without a vote.

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Three consumer groups' February 18 comments on SaferProducts.gov represented the second occurrence in a month of using the Paperwork Reduction Act to get input into CPSC's record.

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Three consumer groups February 12 urged CPSC to consider in-motion testing of infant and cradle swings.

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New Civil Liberties Alliance February 12 asked the Washington, D.C. U.S. district court to grant Dreamland Baby's request for a retraction regarding weighted infant sleep products.

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An SAE panel will meet more frequently in its two-year effort to update the J350 standard for small engine spark arrestors, affecting off-highway vehicles.

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The ASTM F15.59 subcommittee earlier in February discussed seven topics for the draft requirements for children's standing towers.

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National Health Service data (NHS) are of limited use to track U.K. product safety trends, according to a study for the Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS).

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The U.K. Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS) February 18 cautioned against using its new compliance-check data as indicating market reality.

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Australian, EU, and UK regulators the week of February 16 noted their upcoming attention to product safety in efforts on e-commerce.

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Briefs on firearms, cribs, Australia, Philippines, and cooking fires, 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.