MAY 13, 2019
VOLUME 48 ISSUE 18
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story Two potential projects to improve CPSC's data capabilities got most of the attention May 9 at a staff briefing on midyear funding updates. Free Story A coalition of six advocacy groups May 6 sent members of Congress a letter and fact sheet seeking passage of HR 2211. Subscriber-Only Story There were 1,147 deaths among children under 15 and involving motor vehicle traffic in 2017. Subscriber-Only Story ASTM May 8 cited a CPSC letter for a decision against continuing its current direction on revising the F3118 standard for inclined sleepers. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC members delayed their May 8 decisional meeting on updating fees for producing records "until further notice." Subscriber-Only Story Health Canada received 705 product safety reports in the last quarter of calendar 2018. Subscriber-Only Story Health Canada May 7 circulated a list of nine updated methodologies affecting product safety laboratory testing. Subscriber-Only Story A New York chemical reporting bill for children's products is near to being sent to the governor, having passed both houses of the legislature. Subscriber-Only Story California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) May 31 will hold an advisory meeting on synthetic turf and crumb rubber.Subscriber-Only Story The four senators from New Jersey and Virginia May 2 wrote CPSC seeking attention to beach umbrellas. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on chemical reporting, BOB strollers, jewelry, alcohol burners, RAPEX, electric scooters, low voltage directive, compliance programs, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |