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Newsroom Press Releases

November 15, 1974

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today announced the appointment of permanent directors for the Office of Resource Utilization and Bureau of Economic Analysis.

November 08, 1974

CPSC today announced that it has provisionally accepted a consent order prohibiting Bundle O'Joy Baby Wear Co., 43 S. Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, from selling products which fail to meet the requirements of the Flammable Fabrics Act.

November 05, 1974

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has proposed for public comment an amended public meetings policy that further confirms the Commission's commitment to an open door policy.

October 24, 1974

Consumer Product Safety' Commissioner Barbara Hackman Franklin has released three new reports listing those products which pose the greatest risks of injury to children and women.

October 24, 1974

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.

October 23, 1974

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.

October 17, 1974

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.

October 17, 1974

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.

September 24, 1974

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

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