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Consumer Product Safety Commission

1. Press: Unsafe products overwhelm safety agency
   Our view on consumer protection: Unsafe products overwhelm emaciated safety agency. Stripped of staff and authority, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) struggles to keep up. In the spring of 2005, a baby was strangled by…
2. Press: Pool-safety advocates decry loss of drain backup rule
   Congressional backers of a law designed to prevent deaths and injuries from pool and hot tub drains say the Consumer Product Safety Commission watered down the measure by siding with the pool industry. Members of…
3. Press: Toy makers fight for exemption from rules
   Is a football mainly for children? What about a Halloween costume or a model train? None of the above, manufacturers say, as a new federal crackdown on dangerous toys has left some in the industry…
4. Press: 4 deaths prompt Graco stroller recall
   Baby gear maker Graco is recalling about 2 million strollers after receiving reports that four infants died in the strollers. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, which announced the recall Wednesday, said the four infants became…
5. Press: Product safety commission to open database
   The federal government is poised for the first time to make public thousands of complaints it receives each year about safety problems with various products, from power tools to piggy banks. The compilation of consumer…
6. Press: Child-product makers seek to soften new rules
   Emboldened by a Republican majority in the House of Representatives, manufacturers of toys and other children’s products are making a last-ditch effort to quash new safety regulations that they say are unfair or too onerous.…