Category: Consumer Product Safety Commission
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ATV deaths top 15,000 threshold in latest government report
By Eli Wolfe and Myron Levin
FloridaBulldog.org
Since the early 1980s, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has conducted a grim census, tracking reports of deaths from crashes of all-terrain vehicles, or ATVs. Now the body count has risen above 15,250, according to the agency’s latest annual report, with more than one in five of the deaths suffered by children under 16. -
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IKEA agrees to massive recall of chests linked to tipover deaths of young children
By Brian Joseph
FairWarning
IKEA, the home furnishings giant, announced Tuesday that it is recalling about 180 models of chests and dressers that it admitted do not meet voluntary industry safety standards, including the popular MALM-style dresser, which has killed three children by tipping over and falling on them. -
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Off-Road industry looks to Congress to put brakes on safety regulation
By Myron Levin
FairWarning
Manufacturers of off-road vehicles have mounted fierce resistance to proposed federal rules aimed at reducing rollover crashes that have killed hundreds of riders. After failing to persuade the Consumer Product Safety Commission to shelve the rules, the companies have turned to Congress to run interference. -
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The Fix Isn’t In: Why a Safety Device That Can Stop Overdoses by Kids Isn’t Widely Used
By T. Christian Miller and Jeff Gerth
ProPublica
This story was produced in collaboration with Consumer Reports… Starting in 2007, Dr. Daniel Budnitz, a scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Medication Safety Program, began tracking an obscure but unsettling statistic about children’s health.
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