Inez Tenenbaum News
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said it will write regulations to limit cadmium content in children’s jewelry if the industry doesn’t act to police itself by Dec. 16.
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U.S. investigators received permission in 2009 to wiretap 104 callers to two conference lines used by Primary Global Research LLC, a so-called expert networking firm, according to a court filing.
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Injuries involving toys increased 7.6 percent last year in the U.S., causing 186,000 emergency- room visits for children under the age of 15, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
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Drop-side cribs are “deadly hazards” linked to the deaths of at least 32 infants since January 2000, according to U.S. regulators who plan to ban the design.
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U.S. day-care centers and hotels will have to replace all cribs after a U.S. safety regulator approved what it called an unprecedented rule to prevent infant deaths and injuries.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted to lower limits on lead content in children’s goods, starting next month, while raising concerns about the costs to retailers who may have to dispose of inventory.
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Evenflo Co., Delta Enterprise and five child-furniture makers recalled 2.2 million cribs after regulators documented dozens of infants who became trapped or fell, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, citing 153 deaths in the past four years, voted to ban drop-side cribs in the agency’s first across-the-board overhaul of regulations for infant beds in almost three decades.
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A bid by makers of recreational off- road vehicles to beef up safety won’t deter the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission from pursuing a plan proposed nine months ago to write rules, Chairman Inez Tenenbaum said.
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Parents should immediately stop using products that help keep infants in place while sleeping, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Food and Drug Administration said.
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