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PRODUCT SAFETY REGULATION

Congress boosted consumer product safety regulations after high profile recalls of imported toys in 2007. But some say new laws taking effect threaten small businesses with burdensome safety tests for materials previously considered safe. This topic tracks the latest on consumer product safety regulations.

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Deadly Recallsmore

the cords had killed 5 small children and nearly strangled 16 others. A month earlier the U.S. Consumer Product Safety...

Pediatricians urge choking warning labels for foodmore

will review the academy's analysis and recommendations. She said the FDA also would continue consulting with the...

Choking Hazard: Should the Hot Dog Be Redesigned?more

how food and non-food choking hazards are regulated? DR. SMITH: Here's the contrast: you've got the Consumer Product...

More awareness needed of risk of kids chokingmore

other foreign objects. (In the rest of the cases, the cause was unknown.) In addition, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety...

Pediatricians Want Redesign of Hot Dogs, Candy to Curb Kids' Chokingmore

injuries caused by choking," said agency spokeswoman Rita Chappelle. "We will also continue to consult with...

The Truth Behind 8 Cell Phone Mythsmore

a nutty thing happen?  An overheated battery.  Kyocera issues a recall of 140,000 batteries and the Consumer Product...

The laidback lifestyle, elevator safety, healthy and 70more

enough to require a visit to the emergency room occur among the elderly, according to data from the Consumer Product...

Cold, hard, and fast: The danger of Winter Olympics sports: A luge ath...more

so good for the athletes. You do have to ask yourself what's going on.' Statistics from the Consumer Product Safety...

Flaws in the recall systemmore

As anyone who follows the news knows, consumer products can cause worse harm. On Tuesday, the U.S. Consumer Product...

Recalls: Toyota Prius and Lexus, Honda, Fit, Discovery Kids animated l...more

sold? Various stores, including Walmart and Kmart. What to do? Stop using the cribs immediately and call the Consumer...

Toyota to Recall Vehicles to Update Softwaremore

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. today (Feb. 9) announced it’ll conduct a voluntary safety recall on about 133,000 2010 Model...

Lead-contaminated toys seized at Seattle's waterfrontmore

harmful amounts of lead, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Friday. Officers from Border Protection and the...

Mysteries of what's in Tide, Ajax may be solved in courtmore

require most household cleaning products to list their ingredients, though there are congressional proposals to change...

Recall: Tinker Bell jewelry setsmore

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Playmates Toys today announced a voluntary recall of approximately...

Walmart pendants recalled as Disney bans cadmiummore

by Rhode Island-based jewelry company FAF Inc., which did not respond to requests for comment. The U.S.

'Princess and Frog' pendants recalled for cadmiummore

Island-based jewelry company FAF Inc., which did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The U.S.

Starbucks recalls glass water bottles; they can breakmore

WASHINGTON -- The U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission said it was voluntarily recalling, together with coffee...

Look out! Cellphones distract pedestriansmore

Derek Troyer, one of his graduate students. He looked at records of emergency room visits compiled by the Consumer...

More melamine-tainted milk products found in Chinamore

research, and also causes cancer. China has not commented on reports of the cadmium problem. The U.S. Consumer Product...

Fingertip amputations prompt recall of 1.5M Graco strollersmore

Target, Walmart and other retailers nationwide from October 2004 to December 2009. In announcing the recall Wednesday,...

In Focus: Dealing With the Cost of Recallsmore

share of critical headlines of late. Hoping to put an end to them, Congress in 2008 passed the Consumer Product Safety...

CPSC to Toughen Crib Standardsmore

WASHINGTONThe head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission will tell members of Congress Thursday how the agency...

635,000 cribs recalled for risk to infantsmore

and suffocation hazards that killed one child and injured 10 others, the government said Thursday. The U.S.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Signs Agreement to Acquire Leading Innovator ...more

for rapid on-site testing of materials for numerous applications, including metal and alloy analysis, quality assurance...

NYT: Look out! Cellphones distract pedestriansmore

Derek Troyer, one of his graduate students. He looked at records of emergency room visits compiled by the Consumer...

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