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Comments are due August 24 on CPSC's notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) for lithium-ion batteries in micromobility products.

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Changing behavior versus simply raising awareness was a recurring theme at CPSC's June 30 drowning roundtable.

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CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman June 29 called for an end to the CPSC firings court case.

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CPSC nominees Brien Lorenze and Karen Sessions fielded four questions at their June 24 confirmation hearing.

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Rollout of the EU Digital Product Passport (DPP) system continued in May 2026.

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Gumtree and Temu agreed to Australia's voluntary e-commerce pledge, the nation's Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced June 22.

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Briefs on toxins, fireworks, building sets, child carriers, play yard mattresses, crib mattresses, crib bumpers, baby loungers, e-bikes, vinyl, product safety week, and aquatic toys, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

Product Safety Letter will not appear June 29, 2026, due to its schedule of 48 issues per year. The next issue, Vol. 55, No. 25, will be July 6, 2026.

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CPSC's planned move into downtown Washington, D.C. this fall would at least triple the subway lines for visiting.

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Daiken Comfort Technologies agreed to pay $8.5 million to settled CPSC allegations that warranty claims and fire reports began in 2017.

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The allowance of multiple emails associated with payment platforms can let fraudsters seek more than one refund per recall, according to Baby Safety Alliance.

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The addition of smaller and larger sizes is the reason for FDA's June 15 warning letter to Happiest Baby regarding Snoo basinets with wearable blankets.

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Recent CPSC interactions with voluntary standards groups included attention to battery enclosures, children's jewelry, drywall anchors, flammable refrigerants, and other products.

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Briefs on commissioners, pajamas, neck floats, button/coin batteries, and mattresses, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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In 2025, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a record-setting total of 422 recalls.

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A 3-0 Republican CPSC majority is being set up with the nomination of Karen Diebel Sessions.

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The October 2 nomination of William Hewes III to fill the slot vacated by Douglas Dziak is a step towards CPSC having an operational commission.

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CPSC Acting-Chairman Peter Feldman received sole power to take steps usually involving a commission majority, including publishing rulemaking actions.

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The Supreme Court July 23 stayed the district court decision that returned the three Democratic commissioners to CPSC.

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Whether disruptions at CPSC are due to the firings or to the reinstatements of the Democratic commissioners is a question that may determine if two stays are granted.

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The three fired CPSC commissioners can return to their jobs under a permanent injunction issued June 13 by Judge Matthew Maddox in Maryland U.S. district court.

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Marc J. Schoem

During the 1960s, product safety concerns were managed by multiple government agencies, including the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW, predecessor to the Department of Health and Human Services), the National Bureau of Standards, the Food and Drug Administration, and others.

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The idea to move CPSC into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) became a confirmed plan May 30 with the publication of CPSC and HHS FY2026 budget requests.

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Robert Adler and R. David Pittle, Ph.D.

If you think that President Trump's legally dubious war on regulatory agencies like EEOC, NLRB, and FTC is outrageous, be prepared to recognize the tiny Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) as the hands-down winner for most savaged regulatory agency in this administration.

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CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman is among the defendants in a May 21 civil complaint over the firings of the three Democratic commissioners.

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Who is encroaching on whose constitutional powers is the question that will ultimately determine if the DOGE process can continue.

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The three Democratic commissioners were removed from their posts May 8, setting up a likely legal battle.

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DOGE operatives arrived at CPSC May 8, corroborated multiple sources whose accuracy on the matter PSL trusts.

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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).

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Two April 9 directives set into motion more reviews by agencies of their rules.

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CPSC's duties under CPSA 29(e) and (f) likely will be key in its review of how and if it can ensure 6(b) protection in complying with an executive order for government-wide access to agencies' information.

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What the term public safety means in recent executive orders has gained more importance now that it is one of four criteria to focus Justice Department scrutiny of attorneys who have represented clients against the government in the last eight years.

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CPSC is using a blanket disclaimer that historical documents on its website might not comply with a January executive order on gender.

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CPSC has reverted to giving NEISS coders three numbers to process hospitals' descriptions of sex and gender.