President Obama announces nominee for fifth CPSC Commissioner spot

Today President Obama released a list of nominees to various positions, including the open spot on the Consumer Product Safety Commission.  Here’s a brief bio of Marietta Robinson, the nominee.  We’ll keep you posted as we learn more.  Marietta S. Robinson, Nominee for Commissioner, Consumer Product Safety Commission Marietta S. Robinson has practiced as a trial attorneyfor...

Nursery products associated with 229+ emergency room visits each day

In 2010, on average, almost 230 children under six visited emergency rooms each day because of injuries associated with nursery products – cribs, strollers, high chairs, etc – the very products bought to keep them safe. The CPSC recently released their report on injuries and deaths related to nursery products in 2010. This report only used...

Designing for safety: hot soup

Two recent stories on product design and safety outside our usual scope of children’s products caught our attention recently.  National Public Radio (NPR) recently investigated the potential risks instant cups of soup pose to children. Because these cups of soup are “tall, lightweight, and have an unstable base,” the likelihood young children will tip them over...

Traveling and product safety

Nine years ago this week, Ellie was killed in a poorly designed portable crib with a changing table attachment.  Our thoughts are with her family as they remember their sweet baby. Ellie and her family had just arrived that day at her Grandma’s for their holiday visit and her grandmother had bought the portable crib new...