Month: March 2018

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 »

Posted in Chemical Hazards, Children's Products, Global Developments, Innovation, Organizational Development, Product Liability, Product Safety Rules, Product Standards, Risk Assessment, Supply Chain

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 »

Posted in Chemical Hazards, Children's Products, Food Safety, Global Developments, Innovation, Organizational Development, Product Liability, Product Safety Rules, Product Standards, Risk Assessment

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 »

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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 »

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