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On the trail of unsafe products.(Have you heard?)
Here's a story about a story, about how difficult it is for any of us, experienced reporters and consumers alike, to get basic information on products, some so hazardous that they're not allowed on our store shelves.
Investigating for "Hazard in Aisle 5," on page 12, our reporters followed the trail of items banned from sale in the U.S. because they didn't comply with safety standards. They knew that the law seldom requires that the products be destroyed. So where do those items go? The reporters" first stop: the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the federal agency responsible for protecting the public from serious injury or death from more than 15,000 consumer products. It took time and a lot of digging to piece together what happened. CPSC regulations and systems didn't allow for speed.
It turns out that though unsafe products are banned from sale in the U.S., the law allows companies to send some goods to countries willing to take them. A manufacturer must notify the CPSC 30 days before exporting; the CPSC generally alerts officials in the recipient country that a dicey product is about to hit their shores. It's up to that country to accept or reject the goods.
Ideally, you and I should be able to find out which products have been kept off the U.S. market, why, and what happened to them. But a lot of safety information is hidden under a mound of paperwork. CONSUMER REPORTS filed Freedom of Information Act requests with the ...
- 'Unsafe' products still on shelves.
- Magazine article from: Business Daily Update June 30, 2009 700+ words
...worried they might continue using unsafe products. "The authorities should tell us...admitted most of the firms producing unsafe products will likely remain unharmed as penalizing...But we will try to take as many unsafe products off the province's shelves as we...
- Protecting consumers: unsafe products maim and kill.
- Magazine article from: Journal of State Government Abrams, Robert May 1, 1989 700+ words
Protecting Consumers: Unsafe Products Maim and Kill States and the...together to protect consumers from unsafe products. When the federal government...than 25 companies to withdraw unsafe products from the national marketplace...
- New weapon in war on unsafe products Consumers will have easier time suing for...
- Newspaper article from: South China Morning Post Chan, Quinton December 3, 1999 700+ words
...proposed law increasing safeguards against defective or unsafe products. The legislation will make it easier and cheaper for people...known how many people are injured each year by defective or unsafe products. However, the Consumer Council has identified a number...
- TAIWAN PUBLISHES INFORMATION ON UNSAFE PRODUCTS MADE IN CHINA.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News August 6, 2007 700+ words
...Pulse - The government has published information concerning unsafe products made in China for the reference of consumers, the Ministry...Consumer Product Safety Commission regarding China-made unsafe products. The information includes the name of the product, the...
- Thailand: Product Liability Law to facilitate consumers to sue for unsafe...
- News wire article from: Thai Press Reports March 10, 2009 700+ words
...Liability Law facilitates consumers to be protected from unsafe products. Secretary-General of OCPB Nirot Jaroenprakorb said that...screen and examine the fact in case consumers sue about unsafe products, in order to be fair to both consumers and business owners...
- Consumers' protection from unsafe products must improve.(+ PRODUCT SAFETY)
- Magazine article from: Choice (Chippendale, Australia) March 1, 2008 700+ words
...agency such as the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. This must be supported by improved data collection about injuries from consumer products. All Australians deserve equivalent, effective protection from unsafe products.
- Industry rapped over unsafe products.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire May 24, 2006 700+ words
...Lewis, presenter of the BBC's radio programme Moneybox, has criticised the financial services industry for offering unsafe products, and says it is to blame for the growing need to educate consumers financially. Speaking at the Building Societies Association...
- Recall alerts.(consumer news)(unsafe products recalled)(Table)
- Magazine article from: Good Housekeeping April 1, 2006 700+ words
Are there unsafe products in your home? Check the list below. These items were recalled by manufacturers in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product...
- Set up system to monitor, recall unsafe products.
- Newspaper article from: New Straits Times June 13, 2000 700+ words
...measures, and one of the most effective is the recall system enforced by legislation. We should act too. Recent findings of unsafe products include food items, toys, feeding bottles, and even life jackets. Do we have a way to guard against their entry into...
- Consumer Secretariat releases EU list of unsafe products.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire August 4, 2005 700+ words
(From Athens News Agency) The General Secretariat for Consumers on Thursday released a list of unsafe products on sale in the European Union, reported on the European Commission's Rapid Information Exchange (RAPEX) system from July 25...