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CPSC December 3 had a first step conversation with America's Poison Centers about potentially licensing the group's data.

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Another potential single-commissioner rulemaking is in the works with CPSC's request for comments by December 17 on whether updates to ASTM's crib mattress standard improves safety.

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Health Canada seeks input by February 14 on a notice of intent for potential new requirements for lithium-ion batteries and products containing them.

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Comment by December 17 on an EC consultation about the fire resistance of construction products.

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) urged companies to plan for next year's due date for exemption reporting under the EC microplastics ban.

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A large majority, 94%, of e-commerce users view the products they buy as safe, according to a report made available December 3 from the UK Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS).

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The UK Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) November 27 launched a consumer education campaign targeting e-commerce.

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A November 26 European Parliament resolution called for stronger measures against repeatedly violative e-commerce sites.

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The Texas attorney general office December 1 began an investigation of e-commerce site, Shein, including of its product safety practices.

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Fire departments in 2024 responded to an estimated 1.38 million fires, 34% in structures, according to data from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

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Comment to the EC by February 2 on a preliminary opinion on non-medical brain stimulators.

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The EC in November asked the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to report on the safety of flame retardants.

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E-commerce was among the issued targeted in this year's Trouble in Toyland report from U.S. PIRG.

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The Toy Association December 1 said its recent study found 89% of toys bought on Chinese e-commerce sites Shein and Temu were noncompliant.

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Briefs on torch lighters, CPSC agenda, CPSC data, colored sand, and button batteries, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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CPSC is not dealing with as large a backlog as it did with prior government shutdowns, Acting Chairman Peter Feldman said November 24.

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CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman November 24 said he would have agency staff look at two gas stove studies.

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CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman November 2 approved a direct final rule on bassinets and cradles.

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The European Commission published its 2030 Consumer Agenda on November 19, 2025, outlining the EU's consumer protection strategy for the next five years.

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Washington State Department of Ecology November 20 listed four changes to finalized rules on intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

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The latest round of the Humphrey's Executor Supreme Court case includes push back on assuming congressional intent for judicial power to reinstate fired agency leaders.

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Comment by January 22 on Health Canada's assessment of human safety risks from button and coin batteries.

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On November 19, 2025, the European Commission published two long-awaited guidance documents on the EU's General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) to help businesses understand their obligations.

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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.

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A March 11 executive order directs agencies to be aggressive in asking judges to require bonds from those seeking preliminary injunctions against the government.

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CPSC will be neither obliged nor prohibited in providing materials in non-English under a March 1 executive order.