advocacy

KID has been attending the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization’s (ICPHSO) annual symposium since 2001 when our co-founder Linda Ginzel spoke on a panel of parent  advocates.  This year was no exception, although much has changed in the… Read More

It has been a great year for progress on children’s product safety. Read up on it below and sign up for our blog to get up-to-date information on product safety. In March, we hosted a press conference joined by U.S. Rep. Jan… Read More

This week, major retailers: Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Buy Buy Baby announced they would follow the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) call to remove infant inclined sleep products from sale. Infant inclined sleep products include free standing inclined sleep… Read More

Great news – Last week, the U.S. House passed the Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth Act, or STURDY Act which directs the CPSC to create a mandatory standard to prevent tip-overs. This is a major victory for… Read More

This week, KID was in our nation’s capital meeting with decision makers to advocate for children’s product safety. With our coalition partners U.S. PIRG, The American Academy of Pediatrics, and Child Care Aware, we met with the U.S. CPSC Acting… Read More

Despite the mounting evidence that crib bumper pads are unsafe and can lead to suffocation, bumper pads are still available for sale in almost all states. However, on June 10, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Sen. Tammy Duckworth introduced the… Read More

800 million people in 70 countries use Facebook Marketplace every month to buy new and used products such as toys, cribs, and furniture. Shockingly, Facebook Marketplace does not allow users to report recalled products. In 2018, over 2 million units… Read More

As we recognize the 25th anniversary of Danny Lineweaver’s death, we remember that his crib-related incident is just one of many that occur each year, nearly 40 of which are fatal annually according to the US Consumer Product and Safety… Read More

July 28, 2018 marked the second anniversary of the recall of millions of clothing storage units (dressers) from IKEA. A little over two weeks before this IKEA recall anniversary, the CPSC posted another recall re-announcement.  This reannouncement was for the… Read More

Between 1998 and 2007 unsafe children’s products led to over two-million child injuries, and hundreds of child deaths. This was because voluntary standards on children’s products were not protecting children, products weren’t required to be tested prior to sale and… Read More