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October 30, 2018
It’s Time. Change Your Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Batteries
It’s Time. Change Your Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Batteries
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, November 4, 2018, at 2:00 a.m., and that’s when consumers will turn their clocks back one hour.
October 11, 2018
CPSC Survival Tips for After Hurricane Michael
CPSC Survival Tips for After Hurricane Michael
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Powerful Hurricane Michael, now a tropical storm, leaves a path of destruction in Florida and elsewhere, including flooding and downed power lines.
October 5, 2018
Costco Agrees to $3.85 Million Civil Penalty, Compliance Program for Failure to Report Defective Trash Cans
Costco Agrees to $3.85 Million Civil Penalty, Compliance Program for Failure to Report Defective Trash Cans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Costco Wholesale, Corp. (Costco), of Issaquah, Wash., has agreed to pay a $3.85 million civil penalty.
September 25, 2018
CPSC Awards 5 Pool Safely Grants to Combat Pool and Spa Drownings and Drain Entrapments
CPSC Awards 5 Pool Safely Grants to Combat Pool and Spa Drownings and Drain Entrapments
WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. CPSC Acting Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) announced today the awardees of a grant program aimed at preventing pool and spa drownings, as well as drain entrapments.
September 25, 2018
Peter Feldman Confirmed as Commissioner of U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Peter Feldman Confirmed as Commissioner of U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Attorney Peter Feldman, senior counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, has been confirmed as a Commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
September 19, 2018
Latest Pool Safely Statistics: At Least 148 Children Fatally Drowned in Pools and Spas this Summer
Latest Pool Safely Statistics: At Least 148 Children Fatally Drowned in Pools and Spas this Summer
WASHINGTON – From Memorial Day through Labor Day 2018*, at least 148 children younger than age 15 fatally drowned in swimming pools or spas.
September 14, 2018
CPSC Survival Tips for After Hurricane Florence
CPSC Survival Tips for After Hurricane Florence
September 13, 2018
CPSC Warns Consumers in Hurricane Florence’s Path to Take Precautions
CPSC Warns Consumers in Hurricane Florence’s Path to Take Precautions
Hurricane Florence is forecast to make a direct and dangerous hit to the Carolinas and then move on to surrounding states.