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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

In 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

We’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

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission or CPSC is at the helm of children’s product safety.  Here’s a quick update of recent and upcoming activity. Update:  CPSC adopts new mandatory infant bedside sleeper standard. KID’s view: In keeping with the… Read More

If you’re like us you feel like summer has just flown by. So if you feel like you haven’t been able to keep up with everything, including product safety news and recalls, you’re certainly not alone.  We want to take… Read More

August 14 marks the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) back in 2008. This landmark safety legislation paved the way for improvement in safety standards and lead to the creation of the U.S…. Read More

If you follow KID on Twitter (and we hope you do!) you know that we have been tweeting all week about National Public Health Week (NPHW), celebrated the first week of April each year.  The focus of NPHW is to… Read More

On November 16, 2012, CPSC and KidCo announced the recall of the PeaPod Travel Tent.  KID had been aware of the hazards of the product since early in the year when we learned of a death of a baby in… Read More

“The CPSC and other regulatory agencies enforce sensible safeguards that protect all Americans, including our most vulnerable citizens—our babies. It is unconscionable that lawmakers are now considering S. 3468, a bill that would undermine the lifesaving work of our nation’s… Read More

KID learned last January about a death in December: a five-month old boy was found dead in a KidCo Peapod Travel Bed – a pop-up tent-like structure sold as sleep space for infant and toddlers.  His face was against the… Read More