Newsroom Press Releases

During Fire Prevention Week (October 8-14) CPSC is warning consumers about fire hazards associated with fuel containers, liquid fuel and fuel vapors.

CPSC is announcing that BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. of Marlborough, Massachusetts, has agreed to pay a $9 million civil penalty.

CPSC is seeking applications for its Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Grant Program (COPPGP) to assist state, local and tribal governments reduce deaths and injuries from carbon monoxide poisoning. CPSC can award up to a total of $2 million in grants.

The annual Injuries and Deaths Associated with Nursery Products Among Children Younger Than Age Five report released today by the CPSC shows that risks associated with nursery products remain high with more than 160 nursery product-related deaths annually

CPSC Chair Alex Hoehn-Saric and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) announced today eight awardees of a grant program aimed at preventing pool and spa drownings, as well as drain entrapments.

CPSC voted to approve a mandatory standard to reduce button cell and coin battery ingestion hazards to children six years and younger.

As Hurricane Lee continues to strengthen in the Atlantic Ocean, CPSC is warning consumers in its path about the risks of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning from portable generators and other post-storm hazards.

Hurricane Idalia is forecast to rapidly strengthen and make landfall as a major hurricane by Wednesday on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

CPSC is announcing that Whirlpool Corp., of Benton Harbor, Michigan, has agreed to pay an $11,500,000 civil penalty.

The Commission voted today (4 to 0) to issue two final rules to codify the bans of inclined sleepers for infants and crib bumpers that Congress established in the Safe Sleep for Babies Act (SSBA).