Consumer Product Safety Commission

'You Can't Be In The Baby Business And Behave Like This'

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Maclaren Strollers, Maclaren Amputation, American Baby Products, Maclaren Finger Lawsuits, Maclaren Bankruptcy, Maclaren Recall, Baby Strollers, Maclaren, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Business News

Maclaren USA, the closely held stroller company that quietly declared bankruptcy in December two years after it was forced to recall defective strolle...

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Bankruptcy Hurls Amputated Finger Lawsuits Into Limbo

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Stroller, Maclaren Bankruptcy, Maclaren Recall, Maclaren Bankrupt, Farzad Rastegar, Maclaren Stroller, Consumer Product Safety Commission, David Netto, Amputation, Macpolypse, Business News

Kalyani Spieckerman was only 15 months old when she had the tip of her right ring finger amputated by her stroller while her parents were visiting Bos...

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Nearly 2 Million Coffee Makers Recalled For Scalding Owners

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Tassimo Coffee, Video, T-Disc, Tassimo, Coffee, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Coffee Maker Recall, Tassimo Coffee Maker Recall, Food News

WASHINGTON (Associated Press) -- Home-brewed coffee lovers, take note: More than a million popular coffee makers are being recalled after dozens of re...

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REINS Act Means More Trouble In Toyland

Ed Mierzwinski | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Health and Wellness, Cpsc, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumer Protection, Safety, Parents News

Child safety should not be a political or partisan issue. I have yet to hear any policy maker argue "caveat emptor" (let the buyer beware) as it relates to toddlers.

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Test the Toys, Not Our Kids!

Ami Gadhia | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Consumers Union, Consumer Product Safety, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Product Safety, Child Safety, Parents News

Consumers cannot afford to wait any longer to be sure that the products they're buying for their children are safe. Recalls are simply not an adequate solution to this safety problem.

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Five Big Wins for Consumers, A Loss for Advocates of Delay and Distortion

Inez Moore Tenenbaum | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Cribs, saferproducts.gov, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Cpsc, Politics News

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is celebrating a series of tremendous wins for product safety. This is government in action and government that serves the interests of consumers.

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The Toxic Substances Control Act's Toxic Baddies

Bill Chameides | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Clean Air Act (1990), Lead, Tsca, Nitrosating Compounds, Lead-Based Paint, Pcbs, Ozone-Depleting Substances, Dioxin, Asbestos, Chemicals, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Disease, Health, Fully Halogenated Chlorofluoralkanes, Erin Brockovich, Hazardous Waste, Hexavalent Chromium, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Cancer, Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Ozone Hole, Ozone, Chromium, Environmental Protection Agency, Green News

Of the some 80,000 chemicals manufactured and used in the United States, the EPA has issued regulations to control just five "existing" and four "new" chemicals. Today, we'll learn a little about each of them.

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Turning the Clock Back on Child Safety Protections

Ami Gadhia | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Consumers Union, Consumer Product Safety, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumer Reports, Product Safety, Toy Safety, Child Safety, Politics News

The House Energy and Commerce Committee is preparing to consider a bill that would poke serious holes in the product safety net. Here is a breakdown of some of the ways this bill would put consumers at risk:

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GRAPHIC PHOTOS: 'I Still Feel That Little Finger': Table Saw Victims Speak Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Power Tools, National-Consumers-League, Amputations, Table Saws, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Power-Saws, Slidepollajax, Phantom Pain, Business News

WASHINGTON -- A consumers' advocacy group and a panel of table-saw victims called on government regulators and the power-tool industry Wednesday to en...

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Keeping a Strong Safety Net in Place for Children

Inez Moore Tenenbaum | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Lead, Politics, Consumer-Database, Children, Cpsia, Congress, Consumers, Business, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Politics News

We understand that Congress must be mindful of the effect of regulations on the business sector. However, the reversal of several of the core provisions of the CPSIA would likely diminish the health and safety of our nation's consumers.

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Koch lobbied on consumer protection database recently defunded in the House

The Sunlight Foundation | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Koch Industries, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Koch Brothers, Mike Pompeo, Politics News

In mid-February, freshman Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, whose top campaign donor is Koch Industries, proposed a successful amendment in an appropriatio...

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In The Public Interest: The House Votes to Deny Consumers Information About Dangerous Products

Elizabeth Hitchcock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cribs, Federal Budget Deficit, Continuing Resolution, Toy Safety, Cpsia, U.S. PIRG, Babies, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Product Safety, Politics News

We've already begun to see positive effects of the 2008 product safety law on the toy safety landscape. We must not turn back the clock now.

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In The Public Interest: A Sneak Preview for Supporters of U.S.PIRG of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's New Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database

Elizabeth Hitchcock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer, Public Health, U.S. PIRG, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumer Database, Family, Cpsc, Politics News

For the last two years, the CPSC has chosen to prioritize making the agency more open to the public and to families. In just a few weeks, the CPSC will launch its biggest open-government project.

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Unrecognized Dangers of Formaldehyde

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Times, Clothes, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Cancer Prevention, Formaldehyde, Home News

National Toxicology Program Reports classified formaldehyde as "reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen," based on limited evidence of carcinogenicity in humans, and sufficient evidence in experimental animals.

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Feds Dismiss Recall Of Lead-Laced Glasses Over Technicality

AP | JUSTIN PRITCHARD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lead Poisoning, Lead, Cadmium, Regulation, Chinese Imports, Product Safety, Cspc, Vandor, Drinking Glasses, Wizard of Oz, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recall, Children's Health, Consumer Protection, China, Home News

LOS ANGELES — A federal agency reversed itself Friday and said lead-laced Wizard of Oz and superhero drinking glasses are, in fact, for adults &...

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Parents, Strong CPSC and Civil Justice System Needed to Protect Children from Dangerous Toys

Gibson Vance | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toys, American Association for Justice, Cpsc, Aaj, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Dangerous Toys, Home News

Penny Sweet bought a Magnetix set for her son's 10th birthday. The toy was made of building blocks and rods that connect together though small magnet...

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In The Public Interest: Trouble in Toyland

Elizabeth Hitchcock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toys, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Product Safety, Toy Safety, Home News

Even in our hurry to fulfill the wishes on holiday lists, we have to keep safety in mind by providing examples of potential toy hazards on store shelves. U.S. PIRG's Tips for Toy Safety provide a good guide to shopping for children.

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Graco Stroller Recall: 2 Million Strollers Pulled After 4 Deaths

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Graco Quattro Tour Stroller, Infant Deaths, Stroller Recall, MetroLite Stroller, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Graco-Childrens-Products, Business News

WASHINGTON — Baby gear maker Graco is recalling about 2 million strollers after receiving reports that four infants died in the strollers. The ...

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Whoops: 12 Million Recalled McDonald's Glasses Were OK

AP | JUSTIN PRITCHARD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shrek, Shrek Recall, Shrek Glasses, McDonald's, McDonald's Recall, Cadmium, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Cpsc, Food News

LOS ANGELES — The 12 million "Shrek" glasses pulled by McDonald's last spring amid federal concerns about cadmium did not have unsafe levels of ...

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Indoors or Out, Keep Pool Safety in Mind

Inez Moore Tenenbaum | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Water Parks, Swimming, Water, Drowning, Cpsc, Pool, Drown, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Swimming Pools, Pools, Healthy Living News

While the summer swimming season is behind us, many communities across the country still have their doors open to those looking to cool off in water p...

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Jury Awards Florida Couple $2.4 Million In Damages For Poison Chinese-Made Drywall

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drywall, China Products, Chinese Drywall, Consumer Protection, Green News, China Drywall, China Product Safety, Consumer Product Safety Commission, China, Green News

MIAMI — A Florida couple who fled their dream home because of foul-smelling, ruinous Chinese drywall was awarded $2.4 million in damages Friday ...

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Chinese-Made Drywall Ruling

AP | CAIN BURDEAU and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Drywall, China Products, China Product Safety, Green News, Drywall, Chinese Drywall, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumer Protection, China, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans federal judge on Thursday awarded seven Virginia families $2.6 million in damages for homes ruined by sulfur-emittin...

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McDonald's Recalls 12 Million Toxic 'Shrek' Glasses

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL and JUSTIN PRITCHARD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recalls, Shrek Glasses, Cadmium, Shrek Recall, Donkey, Princess Fiona, McDonald's Cadmium, Shrek Forever After, Cadmium Recall, McDonald's, Puss in Boots, McDonald's Shrek, Consumer Product Safety Commission, McDonald's Recall, Mcdonalds Recall, Mcdonalds Shrek Glasses, Food News

MILLVILLE, N.J. — A recall of 12 million cadmium-tainted "Shrek" drinking glasses sold by McDonald's raises questions about the safety of millio...

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Maytag Dishwasher Recall 2010: Huge Recall Of 1.7 Million Dishwashers

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Whirlpool Corp.'s Maytag unit is recalling about 1.7 million dishwashers because of a fire hazard. The Consumer Product Safety Com...

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Chinese-Made Drywall Destroys, Poisons Homes: Now Who Pays?

AP | CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Drywall, Drywall, Chinese Drywall, China Products, China Product Safety, Consumer Product Safety Commission, China, Consumer Protection, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — Thousands of U.S. homes tainted by Chinese drywall should be gutted, according to new guidelines released Friday by the Consumer P...

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