JULY 12, 2021
VOLUME 50 ISSUE 26
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story CPSC July 7 said it was filing an administrative complaint against thyssenkrupp Access, alleging that the company refuses to recall residential elevators. Subscriber-Only Story President Joe Biden July 2 sent two CPSC nominations to the Senate, including one for chairman. Subscriber-Only Story The U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit July 2 dismissed the lawsuit targeting incorporation of voluntary standards by CPSC because the petitioner filed too late. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC data showed fireworks in 2020 were associated with 18 non-occupational deaths and an estimated 15,600 injuries treated in emergency room. Subscriber-Only Story There were an estimated 2,770 deaths annually in 2017-2019 involving about 1,900 residential fires, according to a June report from the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA). Subscriber-Only Story The June 30 EC proposal to revise the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) was one of three actions aimed at updating Europe's product safety approach. Subscriber-Only Story The safety of toys is an area of constant focus law makers. Below is our round-up of developments in the EU and UK to keep on your radar. Subscriber-Only Story Member States have raised issues with various aspects of the European Commission’s proposed new regulation on batteries, detailed in a progress report from the Council of the EU presented at a meeting between EU Ministers of Environment on 10 June 2021. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on CPSC budget, dust cleaners, AI, building safety, angle grinders, and AirTags, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |