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U.S. CPSC February 1, 2008	CPSC Takes Major Step Toward Reducing Upholstered Furniture Fires The goal of the proposed standard is to prevent ignition or slow the spread and intensity of upholstered furniture fires.
U.S. CPSC July 16, 2004	Stratton Tells Congress New Draft Fire Regulations Ready For Commission Review This Fall The staff's draft proposed federal mandatory standards will address deaths and injuries from fires involving open-flame ignition of mattresses and both small open-flame (matches, lighters, candles) and cigarette ignition of upholstered furniture.
U.S. CPSC December 1, 2004	CPSC Votes to Start Development of Mandatory Standard for Cigarette Lighters According to the commission's chairman, a mandatory standard for cigarette lighters -- along with standards for the flammability of mattresses and upholstered furniture -- would help reduce fires, deaths, and injuries.
U.S. CPSC April 6, 2005	CPSC Approves First Step Toward Mandatory Standard for Cigarette Lighters The vote to approve an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which is open for public comment, sets the Commission on a path to consider a way to prevent most mechanical malfunctions of lighters and reduce the fire hazard associated with some lighters.
U.S. CPSC February 16, 2006	CPSC Approves New Flammability Standard for Mattresses The new mandatory flammability standard for mattresses is the first major regulation passed by the CPSC in the agency's history and is likely to save as many as 270 lives a year.
Chemistry World January 28, 2014 Rebecca Trager	California and Chemtura clash over fire safety Specialty chemicals supplier Chemtura is suing the state of California, trying to overturn the state's new fire safety regulations.
U.S. CPSC December 22, 2004	CPSC Votes - Fire Safety Standard for Mattresses and Rulemaking for Bedclothes This proposed standard will lead to mattresses that are a dramatic improvement, in terms of fire resistance and lives saved, over most mattresses currently on the market.
U.S. CPSC December 9, 2004	CPSC Staff Briefs Commission on Recommendations for Fire Safety Standards for Mattresses and Bedclothes The staff's draft proposed standard for mattresses addresses fires ignited by an open flame. The CPSC staff also briefed Commissioners on a draft advance notice of proposed rulemaking to develop a separate safety standard for bedclothes flammability.
U.S. CPSC June 20, 2007	New Federal Mattress Standard Expected to Save Hundreds of Lives, Prevent Thousands of Injuries Once fully effective, the new federal flammability standard is expected to prevent as many as 270 deaths and 1,330 injuries every year.
U.S. CPSC October 6, 2005	CPSC Announces ANPR on ATVs Regarding the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), this proceeding addresses a broad range of regulatory and non-regulatory alternatives that could be used to reduce ATV-related deaths and injuries.
U.S. CPSC November 1, 2004	CPSC Staff Presents Draft Proposed Fire Safety Standard for Mattresses The draft proposed standard addresses fires ignited by an open flame that typically involves the bedclothes. The CPSC staff also recommended an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to develop a standard for bedclothes flammability.
U.S. CPSC April 1, 2004	CPSC Recommends Fresh Batteries for Smoke Alarms and Fire Safety Tips for Every Home Everyone needs a smoke alarm with a fresh battery on every level of the house and in every bedroom
U.S. CPSC January 3, 2002	Tennessee Distributor Agrees To Pay $180,000 Fine For Selling Illegal Cigarette Lighters The fine will settle allegations that they knowingly sold disposable cigarette lighters that failed to meet government requirements for child resistance...
U.S. CPSC December 6, 2006	CPSC Approves ANPR to Make Portable Generators Safer Chief among the safety hazards is carbon monoxide exhaust from gasoline-powered generators, which is highly poisonous and can overcome and kill consumers in minutes when a generator is used indoors.
U.S. CPSC July 8, 2003	New Technology In Gas Water Heaters Can Save Lives CPSC, GAMA Say New Heaters Will Prevent Fires from Flammable Vapors
U.S. CPSC October 22, 2009	CPSC Announces ANPR for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles (ROVs) to Address Rising Death Toll Furthering its commitment to improve the safety of Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles and reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries nationwide, the U.S. CPSC voted to publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to address safety hazards associated with vehicle ROVs.
U.S. CPSC December 28, 2006	CPSC Takes Step Forward In Effort to Protect Children From Hazardous Metal Jewelry The U.S. CPSC unanimously approved an advance notice of proposed rulemaking that could lead to a ban of children's metal jewelry that has more than 0.06 percent of total lead.
U.S. CPSC October 22, 2004	CPSC Recommends Fresh Batteries for Smoke Alarms and Fire Safety Tips for Every Home The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends that consumers follow these tips to help prevent fires, deaths, and injuries.
U.S. CPSC July 26, 2007	Coldwater Creek Recalls Sweaters Due to Burn Hazard The sweaters fail to meet Federal flammability requirements. Should the sweater come in contact with an ignition source, such as a stove burner, candle flame or cigarette lighter, it could catch fire and cause serious burns to consumers.
U.S. CPSC October 29, 2003	Style Asia Inc. Recall of Cigarette Lighters The cigarette lighters do not have qualified child resistant mechanisms and pose a fire hazard to children.
OCC Bulletin April 13, 2006	Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act This Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking addresses the gathering of information for developing guidelines and regulations required by section 312 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act).
U.S. CPSC June 12, 2002	Novelty Cigarette Lighters Recalled by Specialty Sales Co. Inc. These lighters do not have child-resistant mechanisms, as required by federal law. Young children could ignite the lighters, posing fire and burn hazards.
U.S. CPSC March 27, 2007	QVC Inc. Recalls "Quacker Factory" Robes for Burn Hazard The robes fail to meet Federal flammability requirements. Should the robe come in contact with an ignition source, such as a stove burner, candle flame or cigarette lighter, it could catch fire and possibly cause serious burns to consumers.
The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 Rich Smith	La-Z-Boy Gets a Whippin' La-Z-Boys sales, like its trademark chairs, are soft. Latest quarterly reports show a 13% decline in sales, which management blames on the continuing challenging furniture environment.
U.S. CPSC March 17, 2004	Palliser Furniture Ltd. Recall of "Poof" Chairs A metal rod can protrude through the fabric and its sharp edges could cause scratches or cuts.
U.S. CPSC October 25, 2004	Clothing-Related Burn Injuries to Children Often Involve Gasoline In a new report, CPSC staff reviewed 209 children's clothing burn injury reports received from March 2003 through June 2004 and found that more than one-half involved gasoline or other flammable liquids.
OCC Bulletin October 20, 2005	Risk-Based Capital: Domestic Capital Modifications The Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking suggests modifications to our domestic risk-based capital rules, which are based on the 1988 Basel Accord (Basel I).
The Motley Fool February 20, 2007 Rich Smith	Earnings Twofer: Hooker & La-Z-Boy Here is a look at the earnings reports from these two furniture companies to see whether the whole of their news makes up more than the sum of its parts. Investors, take note.
U.S. CPSC September 12, 2006	CPSC Warns about TV, Large Furniture Tip-Over Dangers More than 100 deaths have been reported since 2000; most involve young children.
U.S. CPSC October 18, 2004	CPSC Invites Public Comments on Voluntary Standards Activities and Research Reports CPSC wants to open staff activities for public review and comment, making the agency more transparent and obtaining public input before CPSC staff positions are finalized.
U.S. CPSC September 30, 2008	Data Shows Unstable TVs, Furniture and Appliances Pose Deadly Danger to Children To help prevent tip-over hazards, the CPSC recommends the following safety tips.
U.S. CPSC September 22, 2009	The Tipping Point: CPSC Urges Parents to Inspect and Secure TVs, Furniture, and Appliances to Prevent Tip-Over Deaths and Injuries Today, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is urging parents once again to take simple, low-cost steps to prevent deaths and injuries associated with furniture, TV, and appliance tip-overs.
U.S. CPSC February 23, 2006	Barbeques Galore Inc. Recalls Gas Grills Posing Risk of Gas Leaks, Fires The grills have faulty regulators that can release too much gas to the burner causing an excessive burner flame. This also poses a risk of gas leaks, fires and explosions if an ignition source is present.
Fast Company December 2000 Ron Lieber	Gold Standard The Mitchell Gold Co. is bringing overdue change to an out-of-touch industry: home furniture. But unlike so many other mavericks, its primary competitive weapon isn't the Internet. Instead, the company is deploying a smart sense of design.