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News About the CPSC

Recalls: wooden playsets, travel mugs
-- The following recalls have been announced: --- About 275,000 Adventure Playsets wooden playsets, manufactured in the United States and distributed by Adventure Playsets of Amarillo, Texas, because the materials in the horizontal ladder that forms the monkey bars and swing beam can weaken over...
 
Feds: Chinese drywall reports still inconclusive (AP, October 29, 2009; 2:41 PM)
 
Product recalls: flashlights, Sony AC adapters (AP, October 28, 2009; 5:26 PM)
 
Product Recalls: SurgeMaster surge protectors (AP, October 27, 2009; 6:05 PM)
 
Window blinds recalled for strangulation risk (AP, October 27, 2009; 4:42 PM)
 
A Vigorous Push From Federal Regulators: Consumer, Workplace Agencies More Active (Post, October 13, 2009)
 
Congress's Consumer Watchdog (washingtonpost.com, September 18, 2009; 10:30 AM)
 
Window Coverings Recalled After Three Children Die (Post, August 27, 2009)
 
On Your Side: Trouble With an Incompatible Laptop Hard Drive: A reader's purchase of a solid-state drive from NewEgg.com goes rotten. Also: Samsung recalls three months' worth of Jitterbug cell phones. (PC World, June 22, 2009; 9:19 PM)
 
Government Careers: Applying for Federal and Security-Related Jobs (washingtonpost.com, June 10, 2009; 11:00 AM)
 
Officials Delay New Toy-Testing Standards (Post, January 31, 2009)
 
Toymakers Assail Costs of New Law: How Consumer Protections Will Be Implemented Is Onerous, Manufacturers Say (Post, December 21, 2008)
 
The Best Holiday Toys Are Safe Holiday Toys (HealthDay, December 21, 2008)
 
Some Toys With Banned Plastics Will Stay on Market (Post, November 19, 2008)
 
Toy Recalls Drop 46 Percent: CPSC Credits Port Inspections and Efforts by Manufacturers (Post, November 13, 2008)
 
Do It Yourself (Post, November 1, 2008)
 
Federal Safety Regulators to Issue Crib Durability Standards (Post, October 22, 2008)
 
A Test of Blackstreet's Strategy: Firm Faces a Hard Pitfall of Buying Troubled Companies (Post, October 6, 2008)
 
CONSUMER SAFETY: Bailout May Delay Funds for New Law (Post, September 25, 2008)
 
Retailers Recalling Simplicity Cribs: Side Can Come Off, Creating Gap That Poses Strangulation Hazard (Post, September 17, 2008)
 
Tighter Lead Rule for Kids' Items: New Safety Standard Goes Into Effect After Holiday Season (Post, September 15, 2008)
 
Officials Expand Recall Of Simplicity Bassinets (Post, September 5, 2008)
 
Recall Highlights Liability Questions: Safety Responsibilities Unclear After a Troubled Bassinet Maker's Assets Are Sold (Post, September 4, 2008)
 
Why a Recall Is No Simple Matter: Company's Health Complicates Consumer Agency's Work (Post, August 30, 2008)
 
Bassinet Sales Halted After Deaths of Two Infants: In Test of New Powers, Consumer Safety Agency Urges Retailers to Pull Simplicity Models Off Shelves (Post, August 29, 2008)
 
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