AUGUST 26, 2013
VOLUME 42 ISSUE 33
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story A group comprised of CPSC and NIST staff, fire safety experts, industry and insurance representatives April 19 discussed live fire test results and potential scope and direction of a standard. Subscriber-Only Story Members of ASTM’s soft infant carriers subcommittee August 12 reviewed four comments on a proposed safety standard. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC staff August 14 discussed incident data, potential scope and existing international standards with ASTM, Health Canada and others as precursor to development of a standard for liquid laundry packets. Subscriber-Only Story The ASTM Inclined Sleep Products Task Group August 19 discussed a range of issues related to proposed warning labels for inclined sleep products. Subscriber-Only Story A CPSC report, made available August 9 outlined a series of improvements for measuring long-term costs associated with lead poisoning, carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, and pool and spa submersion. Subscriber-Only Story The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 29% from June 1993 to June 2013, according to recent calculations by CPSC staff. Subscriber-Only Story Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) August 19 reported they have determined how brominated fire retardant (FR) chemicals can bind to the active site of estrogen metabolizing enzymes. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on regulations, play yards, CPSC activity, CPSC surveys, CPSIA database, nanotech, children’s beds, chi.dren’s pajamas, coffeemakers, play mats, tea kettles, and more. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on bicycles, infant carriers, playground surfaces, candle accessories, food service equipment, infant carriers, fire extinguishers, furniture, air fresheners, attachment plugs, solar panels, and more. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on RAPEX, SCHER sunscreen, window cords, children’s beds, books, grills, heaters, cribs, stoves, and more. |