JULY 29, 2013
VOLUME 42 ISSUE 30
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story CPSC Chief of Staff Elliot Kaye and other agency staffers July 22 heard about a study focusing on toxic gas emissions from furniture fires. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioner Robert Adler July 19 used a recent commission decision on to grant a petition on crib bumpers to give his views on two broader issues of agency authority and product safety. Subscriber-Only Story ASTM’s inclined sleep products task group July 23 discussed number of issues related to warning labels. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC staff July 19 responded to two questions posed by Commissioner Nancy Nord on play yards. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC staff July 19 responded to seven questions posed by Commissioner Nancy Nord on bassinets and cradles regarding segmented mattress flatness testing. Subscriber-Only Story The Z21 Canadian Standards Association (CSA) gas boiler technical advisory group addressed three comments received on a proposal for standards for gas-fired steam and hot water boilers. Subscriber-Only Story Poisoning deaths among children younger than 5 averaged about 35 a year from 2008 to 2010, according to CPSC data made available July 18. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC’s current regulatory plan, made available earlier in July, gives a sense of when it plans to act on 22 efforts that will or might lead to regulations. Subscriber-Only Story The ninth edition of the EU’s Consumer Condition Scoreboard, made available July 22, gives insights into the status and views of consumers in that market. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on CPSC social media, injury data, fragrances/cleaners, activity jumpers, cribs, electric smokers, generators, and more. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on footwear, parasails, ovens, SVHCs, treestands, electrical controls, fuel valves, fire tests, and more. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on nanotech, injury data, show bags, bicycle forks, utility tractors, head bands, expandable gates, portable generators, and more. |