NOVEMBER 4, 2019
VOLUME 48 ISSUE 41
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story CPSC October 31 promoted to consumers a study behind a recent staff recommendation to revise the existing rulemaking on inclined sleep products. Subscriber-Only Story Sources and types of potential hazards are how CPSC staffers are organizing the concerns about 3D printing, commissioners heard at an October 30 briefing. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC might add 60 days to a comment period on carbon monoxide (CO) leakage from gas furnaces and boilers. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC Acting Chairman Robert Adler voiced opposition to two arguments in support of the recent commission move towards removal of a 2017 CPSC guidance on organohalogen flame retardants (OFRs). Subscriber-Only Story Trusted sources get more consumer attention than warning labels, according to a recent contractor report for CPSC. Subscriber-Only Story A contractor report for CPSC made eight observations about behavior on and around artificial playground surfacing. Subscriber-Only Story Members of an ASTM F15.42 working group October 28 began early discussion of recent in-person work aimed at updated tipping tests for clothing storage units. Subscriber-Only Story An ASTM F15.42 working group October 29 continued to address the challenge of defining clothing storage units (CSUs) that would be subject to updates to the F2057 standard. Subscriber-Only Story There likely are about 1.7 million non-vehicle recalled products still with consumers, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) warned. Subscriber-Only Story OECD in late October ran a recall-effectiveness campaign with 20 nations participating. Subscriber-Only Story Late 2020 is the target for an EC recommendation on the toxicity of squishy toys that look like food, animals, emojis, and more. Subscriber-Only Story The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) noted plans to evaluate 74 substances through the next three years. Subscriber-Only Story The International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) held its International Symposium in Dublin, Ireland on 24-25 October 2019. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on toddler beds, bath seats, cribs, liquid nicotine, e-cigarettes, IoT, safe sleep, gun safety, tasers, and dyers plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |