Lawmakers Renew Calls To Explore Tech To Protect Consumers June 10, 2021, NexGov The bill, including its AI and Consumer Product Safety provision, would require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to develop a pilot program to explore using technology to more »
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In the News: June 7, 2021
CPSC Bans Unregulated Baby Sleep Products Tied To 90 Deaths June 2, 2021, Washington Post By a 3-1 vote, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned a number of infant sleep products. The rule requires products for sleeping babies to meet more »
In the News: May 31, 2021
Few Peloton Customers Plan To Return Their Recalled Treadmills May 26, 2021, Business Insider Evidence is mounting that, despite safety warnings, many Peloton customers have no plans to return their machines. In a Wedbush survey of 100 Tread+ and Tread more »
In the News: May 24, 2021
Peloton Releases A Software Fix For Its Recalled Treadmills May 19, 2021, CNN Peloton is rolling out a software fix for its Tread and Tread+ treadmills after a massive recall. Customers can now access a new “Tread Lock” feature that more »
In the News: May 17, 2021
A $4 Bit Of Plastic Could Have Saved Peloton Millions May 11, 2021, Wired Was Peloton’s multi-million-dollar disaster inevitable? What caused the safety issues, and could they have been easily fixed? And why did they happen in the first place? more »
In the News: May 10, 2021
How Peloton Backed Down And Agreed To Recall Treadmills May 5, 2021, Washington Post Peloton appeared dug in. The home exercise company had been adamant for weeks that it was not going to agree to a voluntary recall of its more »
In the News: May 3, 2021
Peloton Accidents Spark Push To Change Product Safety Law April 22, 2021, The Verge House Democrats introduced a bill, the Sunshine in Product Safety Act to make it easier for the CPSC to warn people about unsafe products. The act more »
In the News: April 26, 2021
Peloton’s Clash With CPSC Over Treadmill Safety Threatens To Tarnish Brand April 20, 2021, CNBC A public dispute with the CPSC over safety and a video of a child being dragged under a treadmill are threatening the Peloton brand, but more »
In the News: April 19, 2021
Statement Of Acting Chairman Adler On Passage Of 2021 Mid-Year One Plan March 25, 2021, cpsc.gov “I am so pleased by the Commission’s passage of the first of our two-part 2021 Mid-Year Plan today. As I see it, Mid-Year One more »
In the News; April 12, 2021
CPSC To Hear Mom’s Testimony About Button Battery Danger April 7, 2021, KCBD TV Lubbock mother Trista Hamsmith will testify before the CPSC about the dangers of button batteries. Hamsmith’s child died after swallowing a button battery from a remote more »
