SUBSCRIBE   |   MY ACCOUNT   |   VIEW SHOPPING CART   |   Log In      
   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   SEARCH  


AUGUST 12, 2019
VOLUME 48   ISSUE 30

 

PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER

Subscriber-Only Story


Subscriber-Only Story

CPSC staff August 8 offered many technical clarifications on a potential project to look at carbon monoxide (CO) mitigation efforts for portable generators.


Subscriber-Only Story

EPA staffers August 6 emphasized four broad findings on a first-round exposure study on crumb rubber.


Subscriber-Only Story

The ASTM F15.24 subcommittee might start a long-term project to update how its jewelry standards approach risk assessment.


Subscriber-Only Story

An ASTM F15.19 panel on infant bedding August 7 rejected an idea to add a phrase to the definition of mesh so it would include "other air-permeable textile barriers."


Subscriber-Only Story

One in 10 childcare facilities still were using recently recalled inclined sleepers, according to a survey made available August from Kids in Danger and U.S. PIRG.


Subscriber-Only Story

CPSC's latest attention to inclined sleepers was its August 6 move to put a warning atop its homepage that millions of units were recalled and that there have been deaths.


Subscriber-Only Story

An ASTM F15.16 working group August 7 looked at how the F833 scope should handle products that transition from stroller-like modes to tricycle-like modes.


Subscriber-Only Story

An ASTM F15.18 task group August 5 decided, for now, simply to monitor a potential new type of crib or play yard that might not fit neatly into existing standards.


Subscriber-Only Story

The furniture industry August 6 asked for six months CPSC leniency on enforcement of soon-to-be issued updates to the F2057 standard.


Subscriber-Only Story

Give input by late August on four EC draft proposals on exemptions for hazardous materials in products.


Subscriber-Only Story

A large majority – 94% – of U.K. home electrical fire that are linked to appliance misuse occur in kitchens, according to findings the Electrical Safety First made available in late July.


Subscriber-Only Story

EPA August 1 announced updates to an online chemicals review tool.


Subscriber-Only Story

A July analysis of NEISS data in the journal Brain Injury identified seven consumer product categories most often associated with non-fatal traumatic brain injury.

Subscriber-Only Story

NIST is accepting comments until September 30 on its recent report on the Internet of Things (IoT) and cybersecurity.


Subscriber-Only Story

CPSC staff August 8 at the agency's Rockville, Md., lab met with about four dozen stakeholders to discuss upholstered furniture fire safety.


Subscriber-Only Story

Briefs on strollers, refrigerators, bounce houses, environmental policy, flooring, toys, OPSS, and mouthing, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.