SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
VOLUME 49 ISSUE 35
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story CPSC's Anchor It! campaign targeting furniture tipovers likely does reduce incidents, according to a contractor study made available September 10.Subscriber-Only Story An F15.18 working group September 9 dealt with the challenges and potential complexities of testing in-bed sleepers. Subscriber-Only Story An ASTM task group looking at wind tunnel tests for market umbrellas decided September 8 to look for an appropriate factor of safety. Subscriber-Only Story Encountering real-world objects when wearing head-mounted displays (HMDs) in virtual/augmented/mixed reality session was the focus a September 9 UL 8400 teleconference. Subscriber-Only Story The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in late August gave an overview of a method developed by its researchers to measure an exoskeleton's alignment with a user's motions. Subscriber-Only Story An August 31 White House memo builds on an earlier executive order telling federal agencies to aid the pandemic-affected economy. Subscriber-Only Story The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) set a safety condition when authorizing a battery recycling program. Subscriber-Only Story Comment by December 25 on an EC consultation on possible revision to the Construction Products Regulation. Subscriber-Only Story The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) August 31 said its newest report on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) regulation shows a 35% increase in processing export notifications from 2016 to 2019 when there were 10,703. Subscriber-Only Story The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) September 1 pushed back on concerns about its process towards possible restrictions of microplastics. Subscriber-Only Story EU consumer groups ANEC and BUEC in late August pointed to three areas needing attention in modernizing European product safety law. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on cribs, CPSC agenda, baby safety, EU/China, earbuds, disinfectants plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |