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Hazard in aisle 5.(CR Investigates)
Holiday shoppers beware: Dangerous products that violate federal safety standards are finding their way onto store shelves as U.S. authorities struggle, and often fail, to protect you, a CONSUMER REPORTS investigation has found.
Those potentially lethal products include defective extension cords and electrical items that overheat and burn; fake ground-fault circuit interrupter plugs that don't always trip when overloaded; toys that can choke, cut, or poison young children; counterfeit batteries that leak acid, overheat, or spark; and disposable lighters that leak fuel or explode.
Standards developed by industry and the federal Consumer Product Safety ...
- TAIWAN PUBLISHES INFORMATION ON UNSAFE PRODUCTS MADE IN CHINA.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News August 6, 2007 700+ words
...has published information concerning unsafe products made in China for the reference of consumers...information published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission regarding China-made unsafe products. The information includes the name...
- REP. ENGEL VOTES TO PROTECT FAMILIES FROM UNSAFE PRODUCTS
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News August 1, 2008 700+ words
...4040, the Consumer Product Safety Commission Modernization...and death caused by unsafe products. These tragedies...overhaul of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC...first overhaul of product safety laws in nearly two...
- 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 Safety Commission. For more information, contact the companies at the...
- Feds target resale of unsafe products; Selling recalled goods is a crime; Some...
- Newspaper article from: The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) August 21, 2009 700+ words
...confirmed chairwoman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The crackdown affects...accustomed to inspectors from the Consumer Product Safety Commission making unannounced visits...requiring surgery -- that the Consumer Product Safety Commission knows of. Nancy and Laura...
- Importers Share Responsibility for Unsafe Products.
- Press release article from: Business Wire January 10, 2008 700+ words
...Quality Report says Oversight is Key for Product Safety, Quality MILWAUKEE -- Tainted pet...says Randy Goodden, chair of ASQ's Product Safety & Liability Prevention Interest...January. The "Improving Quality and Product Safety" seminars, which will take place...
- SEN. CARPER APPROVES SENATE BILL TO PROTECT KIDS FROM UNSAFE PRODUCTS
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News August 2, 2008 700+ words
...late last night voted for the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (H.R. 4040...legislation: * Require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards...foreign agencies; * Streamline the product safety rulemaking procedures and require safety...
- "U.S. Ships Unsafe Products" by Russell Carollo, Sacramento Bee, September 9,...
- Magazine article from: Washington Monthly November 1, 2007 700+ words
...lead and other dangerous chemicals caused a national furor. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, a U.S. government agency charged with regulating product safety, warned parents to take the toys away from children immediately, saying...
- COMMISSION RECALLS UNSAFE PRODUCTS.(Living Today)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) October 13, 1988 700+ words
...items ranging from baby buggy mobiles to furnaces to travel voltage converters have been announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Here's a list of what you should look out for: Some 136,000 Chicco-brand "Pram Mobiles" imported in...
