$69 Ikea dresser passes CR’s toughest furniture tip-over test May 3, 2018, Consumer Reports A new round of Consumer Reports testing into dresser stability underscores the need for a tougher, more expansive tip-over standard to make homes safer for young more »
Category: Chemical Hazards
In the News: April 30, 2018
$5 Million Penalty: CPSC enforcement of Poison Prevention Packaging standards: the first of many? April 26, 2018, JDSupra (DLA Piper) A recent investigation and lawsuit show that the Consumer Protection Safety Commission (CPSC) is taking seriously violations of Poison Prevention more »
In the News: April 23, 2018
CPSC Reaction to Consumer Misuse – Human Factors Design Process April 19, 2018, Retail Consumer Products Law (Crowell & Moring) Product liability suits and regulatory product defect enforcement actions associated with consumer foreseeable – and unforeseeable – misuse have become more »
In the News: April 16, 2018
CPSC Newsroom: Polaris Agrees to Pay $27.25 Million Civil Penalty for Failure to Report Defective Recreational Off-Road Vehicles April 2, 2018, cpsc.gov The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Polaris Industries Inc., of Medina, Minnesota, (Polaris) has agreed more »
In the News: April 9, 2018
$27.25 Million Settlement: Polaris finalizes resolution with Consumer Product Safety Commission April 2, 2018, Business Wire Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII) announced a $27.25 million settlement with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that resolves two 2016 late-reporting claims. Additionally, more »
In the News: April 3, 2018
Designers Of 17-Story Waterslide Face Murder Charges In Boy’s Decapitation March 27, 2018, NPR Roughly 18 months after a child died on what was once the world’s tallest waterslide, authorities have indicted two water park executives in connection with the more »
In the News: March 26, 2018
Furniture tip overs: A hidden hazard in your home March 22, 2018, Consumer Reports Consumer Reports believes that the number of tip-over deaths due to dressers and storage units—there were 195 reported to the CPSC between 2000 and 2016— makes more »
In the News: March 19, 2018
Opinion: The Courts against Proposition 65 March 13, 2018, American Thinker A federal judge has frozen plans to require all products containing the widely popular herbicide glyphosate to display a Proposition 65 warning in a landmark ruling that could signal the turning more »
In the News: March 12, 2018
Toys “R” Us said to be prepping liquidation of U.S. Operations March 8, 2018, Bloomberg.com Toys “R” Us Inc. is making preparations for a liquidation of its bankrupt U.S. operations after so far failing to find a buyer or reach a more »
In the News: March 5, 2018
Federal Court Halts California’s Cancer Warnings for Glyphosate, the Herbicide Found in Roundup February 27, 2018, Los Angeles Times A federal judge on Monday temporarily barred California environmental officials from requiring cancer warnings on food products that contain traces of the more »
