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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today issued its second invitation for outside parties to offer to develop a safety standard for swimming pool water slides or to submit an existing standard for Commission consideration.

Football, the favorite fall pastime of many Americans, is also the most hazardous sport to play, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Hundreds of volunteer Consumer Deputies in cities throughout the country begin this month to canvass stores for banned toys as part of the Consumer Product Safety Commission's second annual holiday season toy safety campaign.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Consumers Union of United States, Inc., today signed a formal agreement under which Consumers Union will develop a safety standard for power lawn mowers, lawn tractors and lawn and garden tractors.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today announced the appointment of William V. White as Director of the Bureau of Information and Education.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has invited any interested person or group to volunteer to develop safety standards for bookmatches.

CPSC soon will propose that all manufacturers, private labelers, importers and distributors of consumer products be required to keep records of every consumer complaint relating to product safety for at least 5 years

The use of sampling plans as a part of mandatory product safety standards will be determined on a case-by-case basis, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today confirmed its openness policy by proposing the fullest possible disclosure of information to the public under the Freedom of Information Act.