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In the News: May 21, 2018

EPA changes course to regulate a deadly paint stripper May 14, 2018, Huffington Post In a surprise reversal, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it would enact a rule targeting a widely available type of paint remover that has killed people more »

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In the News: May 14, 2018

CPSC, PROFECO, and Health Canada Issue Joint Statement On The Fourth North America Product Safety Summit May 4, 2018, cpsc.gov Product safety regulators recently held the Fourth North America Consumer Product Safety Summit in Bethesda, Maryland to take stock of the accomplishments more »

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In the News: May 7, 2018

$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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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