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Jun 16 2025

Jun 16 2025

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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.


Jun 16 2025

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


Jun 16 2025

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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.


Jun 16 2025

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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.


Jun 16 2025

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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.


Jun 16 2025

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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.


Jun 16 2025

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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.


Jun 16 2025

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July 18 is the due date on an EC consultation about AI systems that could affect safety and health.

Jun 16 2025

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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.


Jun 09 2025

Jun 09 2025

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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.


Jun 09 2025

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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).


Jun 09 2025

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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.


Jun 09 2025

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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.


Jun 09 2025

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


Jun 09 2025

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


Jun 09 2025

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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.


Jun 09 2025

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


Jun 09 2025

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


Jun 09 2025

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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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Jun 14 2025

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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.


Jun 09 2025

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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.


May 30 2025

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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.


May 27 2025

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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.


May 21 2025

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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.


May 19 2025

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Who is encroaching on whose constitutional powers is the question that will ultimately determine if the DOGE process can continue.


May 09 2025

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The three Democratic commissioners were removed from their posts May 8, setting up a likely legal battle.


May 09 2025

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DOGE operatives arrived at CPSC May 8, corroborated multiple sources whose accuracy on the matter PSL trusts.


Apr 21 2025

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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).


Apr 14 2025

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Two April 9 directives set into motion more reviews by agencies of their rules.


Mar 31 2025

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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.


Mar 31 2025

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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.


Mar 24 2025

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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.


Mar 24 2025

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CPSC has reverted to giving NEISS coders three numbers to process hospitals' descriptions of sex and gender.


Mar 17 2025

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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.


Mar 10 2025

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


Mar 10 2025

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


Mar 03 2025

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


Mar 03 2025

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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.


Mar 03 2025

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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.