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Consumer Reports and Consumers Union Honored with CPSC Award for Advancing Product Safety, Helping Save Lives

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission honored Consumer Reports and its policy and advocacy division Consumers Union with a special award in recognition of “exceptional contributions to consumer product safety.”

Consumer Groups Applaud CPSC Vote for Independent Safety Testing of Toys, Children’s Products

Third-party testing was a key provision of a law passed to crack down on unsafe children’s products

Congress passes the consumer product safety bill

The bill preserves the independent safety testing of toys and other children’s products

A Safer Generation of Cribs

New crib rules. Click to enlarge.

“A safer generation of cribs” hit the market

Parents have a lot of things to worry about when it comes to keeping their kids safe, but sleeping in a crib shouldn’t be one of them.   Today, new rules go into effect that should have babies and their parents resting easier. In a move hailed by consumer groups as long overdue, cribs sold in Continue Reading

House Committee Votes to Gut Safety Database

CPSC will be severely limited to protect the public from unsafe products.

A House committee takes up bill to weaken CPSIA

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act protects children from unsafe toys, products

Group letter to House regarding bill that undermines the CPSIA

The CPSIA created, for the first time, a requirement that children’s products be tested for safety before they get to store shelves

Proposed changes to product safety law pose dangers to children

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act created a requirement that children’s products be tested for safety

Consumers Union Applauds Product Safety Database Launching March 11

Urges Congress to support database in new ad

Five Budget Cuts That Could Be Harmful to Your Health

Hard-fought-for laws and regulations to save lives and the environment will be gutted or eliminated in budget cuts passed by the Republican-controlled House From: AOLnews.com