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Recent articles from CPSC Monitor

Stratton pursues international agenda; signs agreement with government of China.
April 1, 2004... Chairman Hal Stratton became the first chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to visit China. In March, he went to Beijing to discuss a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding an agreement for better consumer protection in both the U.S. and China. (1) On April...

No consensus on upholstered furniture flammability standard.
February 1, 2004... Earlier predictions that the furniture industry and CPSC were about to agree on a draft upholstered furniture standard may have been premature. At a meeting between the two groups at CPSC Headquarters in Bethesda, MD on March 1, industry representatives sought to persuade CPSC staff to amend...

House committee grills commissioners on budget request.
February 1, 2004... Members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies closely questioned CPSC's Chairman and two Commissioners at a hearing on Feb. 25 about whether the budget numbers in the President's request for Fiscal Year 2005 were adequate to support the work of the...

Commissioners set strategic goals for 2004.
February 1, 2004... As noted in January's CPSC Monitor, Chairman Hal Stratton mentioned, among others, three strategic goals for the agency in 2004. They are: (1) reducing residential fires, (2) reducing childhood drownings in and around the home, and (3) reducing the number of carbon monoxide deaths. The...

Fitness equipment recalled; company's stock drops.
February 1, 2004... One recent CPSC recall created an immediate financial problem for the manufacturer. The company involved reportedly lost an estimated $80 million when customers and investors reacted to the news story. A Vancouver, Washington-based company, The Nautilus Group, Inc., had joined with...