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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
September 23, 2010 |
CPSC Urges Parents to Inspect and Secure TVs, Furniture, and Appliances in Child-Proofing Efforts On average, one child dies every two weeks due to tipovers |
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
August 1, 2007 |
CPSC Releases the Top Five Hidden Home Hazards By being aware of these top five hidden home hazards, many lives can be spared and life-altering injuries avoided. |
U.S. CPSC
May 15, 2008 |
Window Falls Prompts CPSC to Issue Warning The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning parents and caregivers to take precautions to keep children from falling from windows. |
U.S. CPSC
April 8, 2011 |
CPSC: Parents, Caregivers Should Consider Safety Before Opening Windows Opening windows in your home to enjoy the warmer temperatures may seem harmless, but open windows have proven to be sources of injury and death for young children. |
U.S. CPSC
July 6, 2010 |
CPSC Urges Parents and Caregivers to Consider Safety Before Opening Windows Opening windows in your home to enjoy the warmer temperatures may seem harmless, but windows have proven to be sources of injury and death for young children. |
U.S. CPSC
November 14, 2006 |
List of Top Holiday Safety Tips Released CPSC, AARP ask consumers to pay attention to age labels. |
U.S. CPSC
September 10, 2008 |
CPSC Focuses On Safety in the Nursery and Around the House for Baby Safety Month As parents prepare for a new baby with love and care, CPSC urges keeping safety in the mix. |
U.S. CPSC
September 30, 2008 |
CPSC Reminds Parents of Drowning Dangers Inside the Home The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning parents that children need to be supervised around common but sometimes hidden drowning dangers. |
U.S. CPSC
February 14, 2005 |
CPSC Releases Special Report On Older Consumer Injuries According to a new study on emergency room injuries of adults 65 and older, that age group is increasingly at risk for product-related injuries in or around the home, especially falls. |
U.S. CPSC
August 10, 2006 |
CPSC Reminds Parents to Keep Safety in Mind When Sending Children Back To School Watch for drawstrings on children's clothing... Buy the right bicycle helmet... How to spot safe playgrounds... Secure soccer goals... Buy standardized art supplies... |
U.S. CPSC
September 20, 2004 |
CPSC Warns Parents About Choking Hazards to Young Children September is Baby Safety Month and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is asking parents and caregivers to check their home for items that may pose a choking hazard to young children. |
U.S. CPSC
September 28, 2007 |
Infants and Toddlers at Risk of Drowning in Bathtubs, Spas and Buckets The CPSC recommends parents and caregivers follow these safety tips when children are around bathtubs, spas, buckets, or decorative ponds or fountains. |
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
May 24, 2007 |
CPSC Warns Toddler Drownings Happen Quickly and Silently: Agency Premiers New Pool Safety Public Service Announcement Tips on reducing the risks of drowning and other pool-side problems. |
U.S. CPSC
November 18, 2010 |
CPSC Releases Top Three Tips for a Safer Holiday Toy Shopping and Playing Experience The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission wants parents and consumers to know that safeguards put in place in recent years are making a positive impact and helping to restore confidence in the safety of toys in the marketplace. |
U.S. CPSC
August 19, 2008 |
CPSC Offers Tips for Back to School Safety The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is urging parents to pay special attention to safety this school year. |
U.S. CPSC
September 30, 2004 |
Old Window Coverings Pose Strangulation Risk Consumers are urged to repair or replace window coverings purchased before 2001. Strangulations can occur when young children become entangled in the inner or outer cord on the window covering. |
U.S. CPSC
August 21, 2007 |
Increase in College Dorm Fires Prompts Officials to Issue Warning As students go off to college and leave the comforts of home, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning about the dangers of fires in college housing such as dormitories, fraternities, sororities and barracks. |
U.S. CPSC
December 15, 2009 |
Window Covering Safety Council Recalls to Repair All Roman and Roll-Up Blinds Due to Risk of Strangulation Strangulations in the recalled roll-up blinds can occur if the lifting loop slides off the side of the blind and a child's neck becomes entangled on the free-standing loop or if a child places his/her neck between the lifting loop and the roll-up blind material. |
U.S. CPSC
May 25, 2004 |
CPSC Warns about Pool Hazards, Reports 250 Deaths of Young Children Annually Among unintentional injuries, drowning has been the second leading cause of death to children under age 5, after motor vehicle incidents. CPSC is launching a campaign to help reduce the rate of drowning deaths. |
U.S. CPSC
November 20, 2003 |
Planet 3 Recall of Television Stands Sold at Circuit City The television stand can tip over when a television is placed on it, possibly causing injuries to nearby consumers or death to young children. |
U.S. CPSC
June 16, 2010 |
Entertainment Centers Recalled by American Signature Due to Fall Hazard The recalled entertainment centers' shelves can detach and fall onto consumers when the entertainment centers are moved. |
U.S. CPSC
October 8, 2003 |
CPSC Warns: Millions of Americans Have Smoke Alarms that Don't Work This is Fire Prevention Week (October 5-11), but the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates that millions of homes in the U.S. have smoke alarms that do not work. Usually, the batteries are dead or missing. |
U.S. CPSC
June 18, 2003 |
CPSC, ESFI Warn Consumers About Electrical Hazards In The Home "Inspect and Protect!" campaign encourages homeowners to safeguard homes |
U.S. CPSC
August 15, 2007 |
Cpsc Urges Parents to Help Children Avoid Injuries as They Head Back to School Your kids may already know their ABCs, but do you know the ABCs of keeping your children safe as they head back to school? |
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
May 17, 2006 |
As Pools Open for Summer, Young Children Face Drowning Risks The agency is warning about the increase in drowning deaths reported in inexpensive, inflatable pools, and again reminding parents and caregivers to take critical steps that will help protect children from drowning hazards in all types of pools. |
U.S. CPSC
May 21, 2008 |
New Report Shows Increase In Pool and Spa Drownings A new report issued today by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission indicates that the average number of drowning deaths involving children younger than 5 in pools and spas has increased. |
U.S. CPSC
September 28, 2006 |
CPSC Warns Drowning Dangers Do Not End with Pool Season Children need to be supervised around the home and protected from this list of potentially hidden drowning hazards. |
U.S. CPSC
May 21, 2009 |
CPSC Announces New Report on Child Drownings and Near-drownings in Pools and Spas CPSC's latest data reveals that nearly 300 children younger than 5 drown in pools and spas each year, and about 3,000 suffer pool or spa-related injuries requiring attention at hospital emergency rooms. |
U.S. CPSC
August 18, 2005 |
CPSC Issues New Back-To-School Safety Tips Safety checks for bike helmets, playgrounds and athletic fields top the list for the season's concerns. |
U.S. CPSC
September 21, 2006 |
CPSC Launches Major Campaign To Drive Down Deaths and Serious Injuries Associated With All-Terrain Vehicles ATV's are growing in popularity and the knowledge on their safe use must grow as well. |
U.S. CPSC
November 20, 2007 |
CPSC Delivers the ABC's of Toy Safety Knowing your ABC's of toy safety will make for happy holidays. |
U.S. CPSC
September 13, 2005 |
CPSC Warns of New Dangers Among Gulf Coast Victims of Hurricane Katrina From Deadly CO Poisonings Here are important new safety tips for residents able to return home after the hurricane. |
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
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
May 28, 2010 |
CPSC Warns Memorial Day Weekend Among the Deadliest Holidays for ATV Riders For the 4-day period surrounding the 2009 Memorial Day holiday, CPSC is aware of 27 fatalities, with two under the age of 16, averaging almost seven deaths a day. |
U.S. CPSC
August 25, 2009 |
Ameriwood Recalls Entertainment Stands Sold Exclusively at Walmart Stores Due to Tip-Over Hazard Warning labels sold with the entertainment stands indicate incorrect size and weight limits for televisions used with the stands. A television that is too heavy or wide for the entertainment stand can make the unit unstable, posing a tip-over hazard to consumers. |
U.S. CPSC
September 22, 2009 |
`CPSC 2.0' Launches Product Safety Agency into Social Media: Consumers to Be Informed of Important Safety Issues Faster and More Frequently The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is launching "CPSC 2.0," a comprehensive social networking initiative that will make lifesaving and other safety information more accessible to consumers. |
U.S. CPSC
March 19, 2007 |
CPSC Launches "Drive to 1 Million" Recall Initiative Agency Stresses Search for Recalled Products during Spring Cleaning |
U.S. CPSC
November 2, 2007 |
When Changing Clocks Back to Standard Time, Check Batteries and Age of Alarms - CPSC Recommends Replacing Older Alarms The sensors in alarms will degrade and lose effectiveness over time because of environmental contamination and age. |
U.S. CPSC
November 12, 2008 |
Shop CPSC Toy Safety Tips Before Shopping for Holiday Gifts The CPSC issued its annual holiday safety messages to remind parents to be diligent when making holiday shopping choices. |
U.S. CPSC
October 6, 2004 |
CPSC Targets Vulnerable, Hard-to-Reach Populations - Stratton Tells Congress About Toy and Child Product Safety Actions The CPSC chairman told the House Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection that agency continues to enforce standards, announce recalls, and prevent deaths and injuries from rising. |
U.S. CPSC
May 19, 2005 |
CPSC Warns about Drowning Dangers As Summer Begins The agency highlights the hidden hazards of pool and spa drain entrapment. |
U.S. CPSC
September 11, 2007 |
U.S. and Chinese Product Safety Agencies Announce Agreement To Improve The Safety of Imported Toys and Other Consumer Products The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced an agreement with its product safety counterparts in the Chinese government aimed at stopping the use of lead paint in the manufacture of toys and addressing other product safety issues. |
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
September 15, 2005 |
CPSC Warns of Dangers at Home in the Aftermath of Hurricane Ophelia Safety tips for hurricane victims: Never use a portable generator indoors... If you start to feel to sick, dizzy or weak while using a generator, get to fresh air right away... etc. |
U.S. CPSC
September 22, 2005 |
CPSC Warns Gulf Coast Residents of Deadly Carbon Monoxide from Generators With Hurricane Rita barreling towards Gulf Coast states, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warns residents who may lose power, NEVER to use portable generators inside their homes or attached garages. |
