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Douglas Dziak is the nominee for the open commissioner position at CPSC.

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Commissioners were slated to vote near the PSL deadline on a CPSC staff recommendation to adopt ASTM F2057-23 into rules on clothing storage units (CSUs) at 16 CFR 1261.

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Dubbed "Product Safety Pledge +," an EC program announced March 28 is an evolution of the pledge taken by e-commerce platforms towards product compliance on their sites.

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The European Parliament March 29 voted 569-13 to endorse the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR).

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CPSC's Inspector General (IG) office March 23 called for "immediate attention" to complying with an annual requirement for agencies to identifying their real property resource needs.

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Comments are due May 23 on the draft guidance by which CPSC would differentiate the value of statistical life (VSL) of children from adults.

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CPSC estimates about 3 million product-linked injuries annually among seniors 65 years and older.

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CPSC's most recent data – for 2019 – show an estimate of 250 non-fire carbon monoxide (CO) poisonings in 168 incidents involving products under its jurisdiction.

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The 59 pediatric poisoning deaths known to CPSC to have occurred in 2021 are the highest tally in over thirty years, according to the agency's report made available March 20.

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Compliance within 180 days was among the challenges cited by commenters to CPSC's proposal to implement Reese's Law on button/coin batteries.

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On 23 March 2023, the European Commission published its long-awaited proposal for a Directive on the Right to Repair.

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The European Commission published its annual report on the EU Safety Gate, the European Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products, on 13 March 2023.

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Briefs on CPSC agenda, CPSC equity, 6(b), li-ion batteries, CPSC budget, standards, counterfeits, PFAS, micromobility, CPSC chairman, and helmets, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.