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JUNE 8, 2026
VOLUME 55 ISSUE 22
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story CPSC Executive Director Brien Lorenze's June 1 commissioner nomination is for the past seat of ex-Commissioner Douglas Dziak. Subscriber-Only Story Knowing and willful violations of prohibitions in CPSA Section 19 represent the bulk of potential criminal acts by those regulated by CPSC. Subscriber-Only Story The CPSC Inspector General (IG) office June 2 urged eight actions following its findings that faulted pre-dissemination reviews of scientific information. Subscriber-Only Story In granting a 2025 petition for rules on pool ladders, CPSC nonetheless is giving 12 months for voluntary standards activity. Subscriber-Only Story The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) May 29 said it brought a court case against Amazon over children's backpacks allegedly violating button battery requirements. Subscriber-Only Story ATVs were the vehicles in almost two-thirds of the 2,685 known deaths associated with off-highway vehicles (OHVs) in 2020-2022, according to a CPSC report made available May 27. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC knows of 2,812 deaths in 2022-2023 associated with nonpowered bicycles, according to the agency's report issued May 27. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC estimated that in 2022, there were 274 unintentional deaths that occurred in 182 incidents that were caused by non-fire carbon monoxide (CO), according to its May 27 report. Subscriber-Only Story Amazon, eBay, Fruugo, and Kogan received takedown requests in Australia for toys and games containing small magnets. Subscriber-Only Story Products containing hazardous substance will be the target of a 2028 inspection action, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced June 3. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on heated insoles, crib bumpers, CPSC IG, chemicals, winter, and CPSC grants, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |
