KID Blog

After learning of another death, CPSC and Delta today re-announced the 2008 recall of almost one million drop-side cribs. The design of the crib relies on little plastic pegs to keep the drop-side in place. When they inevitably fall out… Read More

In the April 2011 issue of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) advised parents to keep their children in rear-facing car seats until age 2 or until the child reaches maximum height and weight limit for the seat. The… Read More

Have you gone to check out SaferProducts.gov? That’s the new CPSCsite dedicated to the publicly available consumer safety incident database. Consumers and others can report problems with products, incidents and injuries related to consumer products. CPSC has always had an… Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of consumer and safety groups today applauded the launch of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s consumer product safety information database that would allow people to share and access safety information about the products they… Read More

It feels a little like the eve of the first day of school – some of us are very excited and can’t wait; others, not so much. Tomorrow, CPSC will launch their new publically-accessible consumer database at saferproducts.gov. Now, just… Read More

Today, KID, along with Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and Illinois PIRG state director Brian Imus, released Moving Towards Safety, a review of 2010 recalls and CPSC actions. Just about every two days there was a recall… Read More

The database CPSC has been working on for two and a half years is days away from launch. It will go live on Friday, March 11. CPSC has carefully crafted the site to both solicit important safety information from consumers… Read More

So the week spent with other product safety folks at the International Consumer Product Health and Safety (ICPHSO) Symposium was full of information and opportunities to collaborate on new approaches to safety. The first day and 1/2 of the meeting… Read More

Where is one of the few places you can find consumer advocates, manufacturers, retailers, regulators, lawyers, test labs and consultants talking about product safety — and let me add talking nicely to each other? It is the annual symposium and… Read More

A study in the March issue of Pediatrics shows that as many as 26 infants and toddlers are rushed to emergency rooms each day for injuries involving cribs, play yards or bassinets. Most of the injuries (83%) are crib related…. Read More