MARCH 9, 2020
VOLUME 49 ISSUE 10
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story The White House March 2 announced the nomination of Nancy Beck to be CPSC chairman.Subscriber-Only Story CPSC ended FY2019 with 563 pending requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FoIA). Subscriber-Only Story Comments to CPSC's proposed rule on infant sleep products fell into two general camps. Subscriber-Only Story Members of an ASTM F15.18 task group on baby boxes March 2 addressed a CPSC question that has arisen on other recent panels: how to categorize small infant sleep products. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners are slated to hear from staff March 11 on suggestions for midyear updates to the agency's FY2020 operating plan. Subscriber-Only Story An estimated 70,900 pediatric poisonings were treated in emergency rooms in 2018, according to CPSC's most recent report on that data. Subscriber-Only Story Discussion February 27 between CPSC and ASTM staff on wearable technology quickly expanded into how the two organizations are adapting to emerging technology broadly. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on CPSC information, CPSC priorities, counterfeits, nanomaterials, REACH, urban mobility, and consumer education plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |