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CPSC Announces New E-mail Subscription Lists; Urges Consumers to Sign Up for Recall Information

Release Date: April 11, 2002

 - All CPSC press releases and the CPSC Public Calendar

- All CPSC press releases

- Only CPSC press releases involving product recalls

- Only CPSC press releases involving product recalls that present a risk to children

- CPSC Public Calendar

""CPSC is giving consumers customized information to make our subscription lists and web site more helpful,"" said Acting Chairman Thomas Moore. ""We urge consumers who have Internet access to subscribe to our service to receive automatic updates on recalls.""

Previously, the Public Calendar and all CPSC press releases, including announcement of product recalls, civil penalties and agency news, were sent automatically via Internet e-mail to consumers who signed up for the service. Now, consumers can select exactly the type of information they wish to receive.

Four other features of this new service are:

- Speed - the new system is much faster, so consumers will get information sooner.

- Confirmation Required - consumers can only subscribe using their own e-mail address.

- Easy to Sign Up - consumers can subscribe and unsubscribe using the CPSC web form or by sending an e-mail.

- Ease in Unsubscribing - consumers don't need to remember what e-mail address they used.

To subscribe or unsubscribe to this service go to: https://www.cpsc.gov/about/subscribe.html. For information about product recalls and other CPSC safety information, call CPSC's Toll-Free Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or visit our main web site at www.cpsc.gov.

 

Release Number
02-138

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. Since the CPSC was established more than 50 years ago, it has worked to ensure the safety of consumer products, which has contributed to a decline in injuries associated with these products. 

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