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CPSC's NEISS estimate for injuries associated with nursery products in 2024 was 70,000 among children younger than 5 years.

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There was "substantial debate" in April about changes to ANSI Z535.4, according to CPSC staff.

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Comment by May 28 on a draft update of Australian aquatic toy requirements.

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Feedback is due May 26 on an EC initiative to add to the list of product categories exempt from Battery Regulation requirements on removability and replicability.

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CPSC's FY2027 budget would be $142 million under HR 8495 reported April 24 by the House Appropriations Committee.

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The European Parliament and Council reached provisional agreement in late March 2026 on the final piece of legislation in the EU's customs reform package – described as the most significant overhaul of EU customs rules since the Customs Union was established in 1968.

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EU work on proposed new horizontal repairability requirements advanced in April 2026, with the European Commission publishing a dedicated webpage for the initiative on its Have Your Say portal and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) convening stakeholders to present a second draft of the preparatory study that will underpin future legislative options.

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CPSC estimated there were more than 38.8 million injuries associated with consumer products in 2024 and 59,900 such deaths in 2023.

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CPSC knows of 533 deaths associated with micromobility products in 2017 to 2024.

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Three of the six known children's toy-related deaths in 2024 involved drowning while using or reaching for flotation toys.

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CPSC calculated an estimated annual average of 359,500 fires associated with consumer products in 2020-2022.

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Briefs on AI, infant cradles/swings, magnetic chess, baby bath seats, standing towers, and chemicals, 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.