THE YEAR IN REVIEW…2016
January 20, 2016…CPSC investigating hoverboard companies (cpsc.gov)
February 22, 2016…Federal agencies investigate safety of crumb rubber on playgrounds (Healthy Child)
March 25, 2016…Gree agrees to pay record $15.45 million civil penalty, improve internal compliance for failure to report defective dehumidifiers (cpsc.gov)
April 1, 2016…Proposition 65 chemical warning law changes take effect (Environmental Leader)
May 24, 2016…New York, New York: The status of regulation of children’s products in the Empire State (Stinson.com)
June 24, 2016…Brexit: What next for the UK and EU? (National Law Review; Squire Patton Boggs)
June 28, 2016…..After deaths of three toddlers, Ikea recalls millions of dressers (Washington Post)
July 15, 2016…Blog: CPSC Civil penalties: a divide along party lines (Lexology; Mintz Levin)
August 26, 2016…A cheaper airbag and Takata’s road to a deadly crisis (New York Times)
September 9, 2016…CPSC urges consumers to stop using Samsung Galaxy Note 7. Working cooperatively with Samsung “to announce an official recall.” (cpsc.gov)
October 21, 2016…ASTM International updates toy safety standard (Thomasnet.com)
November 3, 2016…CPSC Commissioners urge parents and caregivers to not use padded crib bumpers (cpsc.gov)
December 1, 2016…Those little magnetic balls are back on the market after two year ban (Popular Science)
HAVE A HAPPY & SAFE 2017
