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CPSC approves landmark public database
Posted on November 24, 2010After a sometimes raucous debate, the Consumer Product Safety Commission voted 3-2 to approve the final rules for the public database required by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008. Starting in March 2011, consumers will be able… Read More
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CPSC educates new parents on babywearing safety
Posted on November 19, 2010After the earlier warning and recalls, some parents may have begun to worry about the safety of using slings for babywearing. CPSC has now posted educational advice for new parents to babywear safely. Currently ASTM International is developing the first… Read More
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More on the database, from a mother’s perspective
Posted on November 16, 2010This letter is from Lisa Olney, whose daughter Ellie would have been 9 last week, had she not died in a portable crib just after her first birthday. It scares to me think that the mandated database, part of the… Read More
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LA Times reporter posts video about CPSC Database — vote is tomorrow
Posted onDavid Lazarus, a reporter with the LA Times has both written about and posted a video about the CPSC Consumer Product Safety Database. As he says, it is good for consumers. The vote at CPSC is tomorrow morning.
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Next week: ASTM standards committee meetings on juvenile products
Posted on November 5, 2010Next week for five days, manufacturers, testing labs, regulators and a few consumer advocates will meet in suburban Philadelphia to discuss standards for juvenile products — cribs, strollers, high chairs and many others. This is the twice-annual meeting of the… Read More
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New data from CPSC suggests increase in injuries from juvenile products
Posted on November 1, 2010Today CPSC released its 2010 Nursery Product Report. The report looks at injuries and deaths in nursery products from 2009. The report cites 77,300 injuries involving nursery products that required a trip to the emergency room. This is an increase… Read More
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CPSC database coming closer to a reality
Posted on October 28, 2010In 2007 and 2008, during the discussions of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act as the bill was named in the end, consumer advocates repeatedly raised the issue of secrecy at CPSC, pointing to the human cost of keeping injury… Read More
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A hot button issue: battery ingestion
Posted on October 22, 2010According to Children’s Memorial Hospital, each year 3,500 people (mostly young children and the elderly) in the U.S. swallow “disc” or “button” batteries, and many of these incidents result in serious health complications. As part of their Battery Ingestion Advocacy… Read More
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CPSC Launches “Safe Sleep for Babies” video on heels of latest crib recalls
Posted onToday, on the heels of the latest in a seemingly never-ending flurry of crib recalls, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), along with three New York-based partner organizations, launched its new video “Safe Sleep for Babies.” This video is… Read More
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More on Graco Stroller Recall
Posted on October 21, 2010Yesterday, we wanted to get the word out quickly about the 2 million Graco strollers recalled. If you haven’t seen the information: here is the CPSC release here is the Health Canada advisory (no recall) here is the Graco website… Read More