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Early CPSC interaction – during product development, with startups, and as careers begin – was one of the themes at the November 20 staff briefing on wearable products.

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Commissioners were slated to vote near the PSL deadline on whether to withdraw a 2017 guidance on additive, non-polymeric organohalogen flame retardants (OFRs).

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An ASTM F15.76 working group decided November 18 to move their in-the-works standard on safety locks and latches for higher subcommittee consideration.

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A new ASTM F15 task group November 18 had a very preliminary conversation about a possible standard for motorized partitions.

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An ASTM F15.03 working group November 20 began early efforts towards reinstating the F462 standard on slip resistant bathing surfaces.

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Cooking was linked to an annual average of 173,200 home structure fires in 2013-2017, according a November 18 report by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

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HR 5097, introduced November 14 by Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), would target how companies notify consumers about recalls.

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Companies need to do a better job of telling about products that contain substances of very high concern (SVHCs), the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) said November 18.

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Comment by December 19 on a consultation on toys with button batteries by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

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Australian and New Zealand regulators, both on November 19, announced separate product safety penalties.

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Comment by December 31 on a California proposal on textile and leather treatments containing perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

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Briefs on holidays, third party labs, chemicals, artificial intelligence, summer, cosmetics, product safety awards, Thanksgiving, asbestos, food packaging, Healthy Homes plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.