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CPSC adopts strong standard for magnet sets
Posted on September 24, 2014For the past two years, there has been discussion of the dangers of high-powered magnets sold as part of magnet sets such as Buckyballs. Today, September 24, 2014, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted 4-0 to ban the… Read More
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Don’t learn about recalls from your grandkids: KID’s resource guide for grandparents
Posted on September 4, 2014Grandparents are one of the greatest resources when it comes to keeping their grandchildren safe. They can make invaluable partners to busy parents by taking the time to search the products their grandchildren use for recalls and safety concerns. Below,… Read More
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4 years ago today SaferProducts.gov was born
Posted on August 14, 2014Happy Birthday SaferProducts.gov. The website, which was launched 4 years ago today, is the host to more than 23,000 live product incident reports. Read more about the site, and why it matters to you and your family, here. Everyone has their favorite… Read More
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New CPSC Chair and Commissioner
Posted on July 29, 2014After being nominated in March by President Obama, the U.S. Senate confirmed Elliot Kaye (D) as 10th Chairman of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in a vote this past Monday, July 28th. Kaye will be replacing Inez Tenenbaum… Read More
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Babies in Boxes? Finland’s method for combating infant mortality
Posted on July 22, 2014Cribs 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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An interview with CPSC’s Jonathan Midgett
Posted on June 23, 2014Earlier this month, KID had a chance to talk with Jonathan Midgett, an engineering psychologist at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). We asked him some questions about product safety and human factors to better understand how important this… Read More
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Danny, Inez and KID’s best friends
Posted on May 12, 2014Sixteen years ago today, Linda Ginzel arrived at her son Danny’s child care home to find he had been rushed to the hospital. She later learned he had been strangled by the collapsing top rails of the portable crib he… Read More
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“Company Doe” to be unmasked
Posted on April 22, 2014In a win for consumer safety, a federal district appeals court overturned a ruling that had allowed a manufacturer to hide its identity and seal all documents in a case against the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Stating that… Read More
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President Obama nominates CPSC ED Elliot Kaye as Chairman
Posted on March 28, 2014President Obama has nominated Elliot Kaye, Executive Director of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission to serve as the new chairman of the agency. Kaye has been at the commission since 2010 when Inez Tenenbaum was sworn in as chairman…. Read More
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Saferproducts.gov is three years old today
Posted on March 11, 2014We’re celebrating a birthday here at KID – three years ago today, SaferProducts.gov launched at CPSC. As required by the 2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), CPSC developed a consumer incident database which gives the public an opportunity to… Read More