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NOVEMBER 4, 2019
VOLUME 48   ISSUE 41

 

PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER

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CPSC October 31 promoted to consumers a study behind a recent staff recommendation to revise the existing rulemaking on inclined sleep products.


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Sources and types of potential hazards are how CPSC staffers are organizing the concerns about 3D printing, commissioners heard at an October 30 briefing.


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CPSC might add 60 days to a comment period on carbon monoxide (CO) leakage from gas furnaces and boilers.


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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).


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Trusted sources get more consumer attention than warning labels, according to a recent contractor report for CPSC.


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A contractor report for CPSC made eight observations about behavior on and around artificial playground surfacing.


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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.


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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.


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There likely are about 1.7 million non-vehicle recalled products still with consumers, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) warned.


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OECD in late October ran a recall-effectiveness campaign with 20 nations participating.


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Late 2020 is the target for an EC recommendation on the toxicity of squishy toys that look like food, animals, emojis, and more.


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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) noted plans to evaluate 74 substances through the next three years.


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The International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) held its International Symposium in Dublin, Ireland on 24-25 October 2019.


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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.