Consumer Product Safety Commission

StorkCraft Cribs Recall: StorkCraft Website OVERLOADED After November 2009 Recall

Huffington Post/Associated Press | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Stork Craft Crib Recall, Cribs Recall November 2009, Storkcraft Crib Recall, StorkCraft Cribs Recall, Cpsc, StorkCraft Twitter, November 2009, StorkCraft Website, Consumer Product Safety Commission, StorkCraft Cribs Recall 2009, StorkCraft Cribs Recall November 2009, Stork Craft Cribs Recall, Business News

The Stork Craft Web site (www.storkcraft.com) is suffering outages, its Twitter account (http://twitter.com/StorkCraft) is being sent numerous message...

Read Whole Story

Crib Recall: HUGE Cribs Recall Expected Tuesday

ajc.com | Kristi E. Swartz | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Cribs Recall, Major Crib Recall, Massive Crib Recall, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Crib Recall, Business News

The Consumer Product Safety Commission will announce a massive crib recall on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the agency said Monday....

Read Whole Story

Chinese Drywall: Insurers Dropping Coverage For Thousands Of Homeowners

Wall Street Journal | M.P. McQueen | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Homeowner-Insurance, Universal Group Inc, Insurance, Universal North America, Chinese Drywall, Homeowners, Drywall, Insurance Companies, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Business News

At least two home insurers in Florida have begun dropping policyholders who filed claims for property damage linked to drywall imported from China. D...

Read Whole Story

Obama's First 100 Days: Restoring the Good Name of the U.S.

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Foreclosures, Green Jobs, Pakistan, George W. Bush, President Obama, Lead Paint Toys, Guantanamo, Valerie Plame, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Donnie Walsh, Afghanistan War, Isiah Thomas, Iraq War, Unemployment, 2012 Election, Party of No, 100 Days, Brownie, Obama Budget, Banking Crisis, Financial System, Stem Cell Research, No-Bid Contracts, Consumer Product Safety Commission, New York Knicks, Health Care, Global Warming, Torture, Republicans, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

The task awaiting Obama was massive. And yet, there is a rush to decide how he's doing after 100 days. Donnie Walsh gets two years to revive the Knicks, but the president only gets 100 days to fix the country?

Read Post

Why Canadian Babies are Safer from Toxins: The Case for Banning BPA

Susan Kane | Posted 10.23.2008 | Living

Read More: PET Plastic Bottles, Bpa Baby Bottles, Living News, Bisphenol A, Dangers of Bpa, Parenting, Parenting Magazine, Plastic Bottles, Plastic Baby Bottles, Toxic, Fda, Parenting.com, Bpa Plastic, Cans, Baby, American Plastics Council, Health, Bpa Petition, Bush Administration, Green News, Deregulation, Bpa, Baby Bottles, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Children's Health, Toxic Chemicals, Living News
Susan Kane

We get that more research needs to be done to truly understand the effects of this chemical on our bodies, but that doesn't mean the public should remain the guinea pigs.

Read Post

9 Toxin Free Baby Bottles

TheDailyGreen.com | Annie Bell Muzaurieta | Posted 06.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Toxic, Baby, Plastic Bottles, Consumer Product Safety Commission, PET Plastic Bottles, Green News

Plastic baby bottles have received extra attention recently as research came to light showing many popular models leach Bisphenol-A (BPA), a suspected...

Read Whole Story

Panel: Give The FDA More Recall Authority

AP | TERENCE HUNT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Mike Leavitt, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Fda, Business News

The Food and Drug Administration would be empowered to order mandatory recalls of products deemed a risk to consumers under recommendations from an ad...

Read Whole Story

Disgrace! Chief Product Safety Regulator Got Dozens Of Free Trips From Toy Companies

Washington Post via MSNBC | Elizabeth Williamson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Hal Stratton, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Nancy Nord, Business News

The chief of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and her predecessor have taken dozens of trips at the expense of the toy, appliance and children's...

Read Whole Story

Starbucks Recalls Plastic Kids' Cups

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Starbucks Recall, Starbucks, Business News

Starbucks Corp, the world's biggest coffee shop chain, recalled 250,000 children's plastic cups made in China after receiving reports of the cups brea...

Read Whole Story