APRIL 21, 2025
VOLUME 54 ISSUE 15
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story CPSC April 18 confirmed it will stop collecting NEISS-AIP data for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Subscriber-Only Story Smoking materials in 2019-2023 continued a downward trend as sources of residential fires, according to a March report by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Subscriber-Only Story Reports of chemical risks, especially in cosmetics, is driving a spike in the past two years of Safety Gate notices, according to an EC report made available April 15. Subscriber-Only Story U.K. targeted testing of product suspected of being unsafe resulted in 83% noncompliance in 2023-2024, according to data made available April 9. Subscriber-Only Story The European Parliament April 10 said it had reached a provisional agreement with the European Council on updating toy safety rules. Subscriber-Only Story The EC April 9 called for an opinion on the human health and environmental considerations in transitioning towards a circular economy. Subscriber-Only Story PSL has seen but not authenticated a 64-page document getting increasing attention in the general press and containing a paragraph on CPSC being absorbed into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Subscriber-Only Story Briefs in infant swings, pool ladders, bathtub slips, and CPSC priorities, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |