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- Disney recalls items with high lead paint
- LOS ANGELES -- Thousands of sleeping bags and magic wands contaminated by excessive levels of lead paint are being recalled by The Walt Disney Co., federal inspectors said Thursday. The recall targets 4,100 Pirates of the Caribbean sleeping bags and 8,000 Tinker Bell wands sold at Disney Stores...
- Research articles 2008-05-24
- CPSC To Announce New Strategies at the Ports.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-6 March 2008-CPSC: CPSC To Announce New Strategies at the PortsC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05032008 LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - Each year, hundreds of millions of toys, fireworks, cigarette lighters, clothes and other consumer products are imported into the United States....
- Research articles 2008-03-06
- Put complaints online
- In 2003, the government's product safety watchdog got its first hint that something might be wrong with a popular crib: A Mississippi woman reported that the crib's drop-rail had suddenly fallen, an obvious hazard. The Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC investigated, but the inquiry went nowhere. ...
- Research articles 2008-03-05
- Consumer safety needs a champion
- NANCY Nord must go. The sooner the better. The chief problem with the acting chairwoman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission is her refusal to act. Nords reluctance to acknowledge her agencys glaring weaknesses is causing the American people to lose confidence in the...
- Research articles 2007-12-10
- You're not the regulator of me: China gets the blame for this year's wave of recalls—but American industry has been working for years to gut government safety standards
- LATE ONE AFTERNOON in October 2006, Carolyn and Ghassan Daher took Brayden to a party near Seattle. Kids got goody bags filled candy; a favorite were the yo-yo water balls, liquid-filled spheres attached to long, stretchy cords. Brayden and his friends hit the kiddie the balls over their heads like...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- Rash of product recalls could impact industry: dramatic changes expected for Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Unless you have been living under a rock during most of 2007, you probably heard the news reports of one recall after another involving various consumer and food products from China. First there was tainted pet food believed to have sickened thousands of cats and dogs in the U.S. and...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- US lawmakers seek stiffer regulation of made-in-China toys
- WASHINGTON AFP — US legislators unveiled plans Tuesday for stiffer laws to regulate made-in-China toys after Halloween "treat" buckets and costume teeth became the latest tainted products from the Asian nation to be taken off American store shelves. The Democratic-controlled Congress expects to introduce a wide-ranging toy and child...
- Research articles 2007-10-31
- We provide great value
- The media frenzy surrounding the toy recalls of this summer, which came on the heels of several very high-profile Chinese-made food and drug recalls, has thrust the Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC into the spotlight. Recalls that just last year might have received a brief mention are now front-page headlines....
- Research articles 2007-10-23
- Unsafe products overwhelm emaciated safety agency
- In the spring of 2005, a baby was strangled by a defective crib in California, and a Texas woman collapsed after she used a can of spray sealant to treat kitchen and bathroom tile. What links the cases is not just dangerous products and companies that...
- Research articles 2007-10-23
- Toy woes may result in more power for safety agency
- Senators are prepared to boost the Consumer Product Safety Commission's budget and legal authority so it can better keep unsafe toys and children's jewelry off store shelves, Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said Wednesday. But Durbin, who chaired an Appropriations subcommittee hearing on toy safety, made it...
- Research articles 2007-09-13
- A steady stream of dangerous imports
- American consumers have good reason to be cautious as product after product -- all originating in China -- have been yanked off U.S. shelves. Here is a list, based on alerts from the responsi Easy-Bake Oven: 249 reports of children getting their hands or fingers caught...
- Research articles 2007-08-02
- CPSC Chairman Hal Stratton announces new Public Affairs Director.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-1 November 2005-US CPSC: CPSC Chairman Hal Stratton announces new Public Affairs DirectorC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:31102005 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC today announced the hiring of Julie Vallese as Director of...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- As summer begins, CPSC warns about drowning dangers; Agency highlights pool and spa drain entrapment "hidden hazard".
- M2 PRESSWIRE-20 May 2005-US CPSC: As summer begins, CPSC warns about drowning dangers; Agency highlights pool and spa drain entrapment "hidden hazard"C1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:19052005 WASHINGTON, D.C. - With Memorial Day coming and many people getting ready for summer fun...
- Research articles 2005-05-20
- Governing product safety: are government regulatory agencies doing enough to ensure that consumer products are safe? Two attorneys from Consumers Union discuss the system's weaknesses and needed improvements.(Interview)
- To help keep consumers safe, government agencies promulgate safety regulations, test products, recall unreasonably dangerous products, educate the public on safe use and purchase behavior, and enforce manufacturers' compliance with the law. So why do dangerous and defective products still reach the marketplace ? Are government...
- Research articles 2004-11-01
- CPSC holds public hearing in Tampa, Florida on swimming pool safety; University of South Florida College of Public Health hosts federal agency.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-23 June 2004-US CPSC: CPSC holds public hearing in Tampa, Florida on swimming pool safety; University of South Florida College of Public Health hosts federal agencyC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06222004 WASHINGTON, D.C. - In recent years, an average of about...
- Research articles 2004-06-23
- CPSC Chairman Hal Stratton announces new General Counsel.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-12 January 2004-US CPSC: CPSC Chairman Hal Stratton announces new General CounselC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01092004 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC today announced the hiring of John Gibson Mullan as General Counsel...
- Research articles 2004-01-12
- Consumer commission to review blister packs.(News)(Brief Article)
- The Consumer Product Safety Commission has opened a review on whether it should change its rules on child-resistant blister packaging. Blister packaging trade group Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council has been urging CPSC to change what it contends are overly subjective government safety rules for...
- Research articles 2003-08-04
- Former New Mexico Official Says Consumer Safety Needs Federal Weight Behind It.
- By Charles D. Brunt, Albuquerque Journal, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 15--As former N.M. attorney general Hal Stratton and his family unpack in Washington, D.C., next week, he probably will give their household goods a little more scrutiny than usual. ...
- Research articles 2002-08-15
- Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
- CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION CPSCThe Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC was established in 1972 with the passage of the Consumer Product Safety Act. The primary responsibility of the CPSC is to protect the public from unreasonable risks of injury that could occur during the use of consumer products. The CPSC...
- Research articles 2002-01-01
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Ann Brown resigns.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-2 November 2001-US CPSC: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Ann Brown resigns C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02112001 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ann Brown resigned today as Chairman and Commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC after...
- Research articles 2001-11-02
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