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Dec 09 2024

Dec 09 2024

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Commissioners December 4 seemed generally agreeable at the briefing on the draft final rule on e-filing and certification.


Dec 09 2024

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Use of alcohol and/or drugs occurred in with 5% of deaths and injuries involving nonpowered bicycles and occurring in 2022.


Dec 09 2024

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In 2023, fire departments responded to an estimated 1.4 million fires, resulting 3,670 civilian deaths, 13,350 civilian injuries, and $23 billion in damages.


Dec 09 2024

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UK regulations need to catch up with use of nanomaterials in consumer products is the gist of a November 25 report from the Office for Product Safety & Standards.


Dec 09 2024

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The EC's review of possible PFAS restrictions is on track for consultation after 2025 by ECHA's risk assessment and socioeconomic committees, according to a November update.

Dec 09 2024

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Drivers' use of electronics held steady in 2023, according a November report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.


Dec 09 2024

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A November 27 EC memo explains the use of the weight of evidence approach to risk assessment.


Dec 09 2024

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Briefs on coal/wood burners, GPSR, and flammable gas, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.


Dec 02 2024

Dec 02 2024

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Companies might get at least 12 months to comply with CPSC requirements on certificates of compliance and e-filing.


Dec 02 2024

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Amazon November 19 argued that CPSC's unilateral announcements on some products sold on the ecommerce platform differ from demands in the forced recall case against the company.


Dec 02 2024

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The New Civil Liberties Alliance November 20 sued CPSC and other federal agencies on behalf of Dreamland over weighted infant sleep products.

Dec 02 2024

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A CPSC contractor report made available November 21 included varying findings for two airbag devices for occupant protection in ATV rollovers.


Dec 02 2024

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CPSC's November 15 financial report includes discussion of FY2024 work on management controls.


Dec 02 2024

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Revision of the EU Product Liability Directive (PLD) and new EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) completed the EU law making process after being published in the Official Journal of the EU in November 2024.


Dec 02 2024

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The government response to the public consultation carried out as part of the UK Product Safety Review was published on November 5, 2024, summarising feedback received from stakeholders and proposed next steps to reform the UK product safety framework.


Dec 02 2024

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Briefs on gates, remedies, Leachco, CPSC operations, and toys, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.



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Jun 10 2024

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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.


Mar 15 2024

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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).


Mar 07 2024

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


Feb 05 2024

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


Jan 22 2024

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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.


Sep 18 2023

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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.


Sep 11 2023

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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.


Jul 31 2023

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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.


May 08 2023

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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.


Apr 17 2023

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


Apr 03 2023

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


Mar 20 2023

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


Mar 13 2023

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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.


Mar 13 2023

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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.


Feb 27 2023

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


Feb 20 2023

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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.


Feb 13 2023

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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.


Feb 06 2023

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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).


Jan 23 2023

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


Jan 16 2023

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