MARCH 11, 2013
VOLUME 42 ISSUE 10
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners plan to vote, likely in April, on updating CPSC’s fiscal 2013 operating plan. Subscriber-Only Story A proposed revision to the handle-lock test generated conflicting opinions in comments to CPSC’s notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) on handheld infant carriers. Subscriber-Only Story The ANSI Z535 committee on safety signs, symbols and labels March 1 heard an update on warnings communicated via electronic media. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC received 11,688 reports of ATV-related fatalities that occurred in the 29 years between 1982 and 2011, according to an agency report made available March 4. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners were set to vote as PSL went to press on an announcement of a session on fire safety technologies for upholstered furniture. Subscriber-Only Story The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) February 27 noted industry shortcomings with REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals). Subscriber-Only Story Footwear, clothing and bags in Australia are “unlikely” to contain dimethyl fumarate (DMF), according to a report made available March 4 by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Subscriber-Only Story The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in February unveiled a broad interagency action plan to reduce health and safety hazards in American homes. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on regulations, Kolcraft, CPSC activity, Inez Tenenbaum, button batteries, testing labs, imports, pedestrians, artificial trees, chairs, disco lights, mattresses, snow blowers, and more. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on pole vaults, power units, current taps, fire tests, lightning rods, solar panels, and more. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on injuries, CLH, SVHCs, labeling, furniture, counterfeits, candles, measuring jugs, pajamas, toys, baby carriers, and more. |