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About Us > Our Mission
PROMOTE the development of safer children's products.
KID is a consumer representative at
ASTM International meetings on juvenile products which set voluntary
safety standards.
In addition, KID participated in the development of the new
Underwriter's Laboratory (UL)
standard for full-size cribs.
KID is also a member of the
International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO)
and the
Consumer Federation of America (CFA).
KID's program TEST, Teach Early Safety Testing, is designed to promote the development of safe products by integrating
children's product safety, standards, and testing practices into the engineering
curriculum. Through TEST, KID worked with four engineering seniors at the University of
Michigan to develop a safer portable crib. The top rails of the students' crib
eliminate the downward V-shape design that can collapse creating a strangulation
hazard that has killed at least sixteen children.
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Mission Statement
EDUCATE the public, especially parents and
caregivers, about dangerous children's products.
ADVOCATE for a legislative and regulatory
strategy for children's product safety.
PROMOTE the development of safer children's products.
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