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  • CPSC adopts ASTM dresser standard as mandatory rule to prevent tip-over deaths

    Posted on April 25, 2023

    Last week, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted to adopt the ASTM F2057-23 furniture stability standard as mandatory under the requirements of the Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth (STURDY) Act which Congress passed in December…. Read More

  • From the E.D.: Travels for Safety with KID

    Posted on November 1, 2019

    As KID’s executive director, I spent the week of October 21 traveling for safety.  On Monday and Tuesday, I joined many colleagues at the ASTM International headquarters in Pennsylvania for standards development meetings on juvenile products.  KID has been attending… Read More

  • New AAP Study on Laundry Detergent Packet Ingestions

    Posted on June 5, 2019

    Laundry detergent packets, first sold in the U.S. in 2012, are often brightly colored, soft, and come in pouches or plastic jars. This can lead kids to assume they are candy or want to hold or bite them. The packets… Read More

  • Last Week at KID

    Posted on June 19, 2017

    Here’s a glimpse at some activities the week of June 12-16 at KID that will also give you an update on news in the children’s product safety world. Tuesday: ASTM Toy Standard Meeting, Toronto, Canada: On Tuesday KID ED Nancy… Read More

  • A Week in the Life of KID

    Posted on October 4, 2016

    September went out with a bang at KID with lots of activity.  Busy weeks like this remind us all how important KID’s work is to children’s product safety. KID ED Nancy Cowles spent the first part of the week at… Read More

  • KID and Shane’s Foundation Release Report on Furniture Stability

    Posted on August 9, 2016

    A child dies from tipping furniture, appliances or TVs every two weeks. The statistics for tip-over incidents have grown over the last decade, yet there has been little reform to safety standards. In our new report, Furniture Stability: A review… Read More

  • Consumer groups urge more action on laundry packet safety

    Posted on July 17, 2015

    The safety of individual laundry packets is again in the news after Consumer Reports (CR) announced on Thursday, July 16 that they no longer can recommend laundry packets and urge households with children under the age of six to not… Read More

  • January Journal

    Posted on January 12, 2015

    Nancy Cowles, KID’s Executive Director, spent time this week at standard setting meetings for the ASTM International Toy Safety subcommittee.  These are her notes from the week: Monday, January 5, 2015: KID’s email alert went out for January – meanwhile,… Read More

  • Detergent pods can put children at risk

    Posted on December 4, 2014

    At KID, we often warn about the dangers of products that are aimed at children, but are faulty, contain choking hazards or pose strangulation risks. But curious, adventurous children can easily end up hurt from products that are definitely not… Read More

  • Babies in Boxes? Finland’s method for combating infant mortality

    Posted on July 22, 2014

    Cribs are possibly the most important investment a parent can make in their child’s safety. Cribs are the only product that a parent is meant to leave their child in alone and unsupervised. In America, there is a huge market… Read More

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