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Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2007) | The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (U. S. CPSC) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government created in 1972 through the Consumer Product Safety Act to protect “against unreasonable risks of injuries associated with consumer products”. As of 2006 its acting chairman is Nancy Nord, a Republican. The other commissioner is Thomas Hill Moore, a Democrat. Normally the board has three commissioners. However, in July 2006, the former chairman, Hal Stratton, a Republican, resigned, leaving one seat vacant. After waiting eight months to make an appointment, in March 2007 President George W. Bush raised controversy after nominating Michael E. Baroody, an industry lobbyist and the former head of the National Association of Manufacturers, as the new chairman.[1] Afterwards, the board was able to operate with a legal quorum for six months with only two commissioners, or until January 2007. The board was unable to adopt new rules, enact penalties, or order recalls until an amendment to a homeland security bill, signed August 3, 2007, allowed the commission to meet for the next six months.[2] Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
Independent agencies of the United States government are those that exist outside of the departments of the executive branch. ...
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Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Consumer Product Safety Act was enacted in 1972 by the United States Congress. ...
2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ...
Thomas Hill Moore is a commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, an independent agency of the U.S. federal government. ...
Hal Stratton is a former chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. ...
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), one of industrys most powerful lobbies, was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1895. ...
The CPSC has the authority to regulate the sale and manufacture of more than 15,000 different consumer products, from cribs to all-terrain vehicles, and from barbecue grills to swimming pools. Products not under jurisdiction of the CPSC include those specifically named by law as under the jurisdiction of other federal agencies; for example, automobiles are regulated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), guns are regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATFE), and drugs are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Recently, the CPSC has taken action against suppliers of chemicals that could be used to manufacture fireworks. Within the scientific and educational communities, there are some who feel these actions have hampered legitimate scientific research (such as research into the use of hydrogen as an automobile fuel), model rocketry, and high school chemistry projects.[3][4] A group of “quad bike†all terrain vehicles The term all-terrain vehicle is used in a general sense to describe any of a number of small open motorised buggies and tricycles designed for off-road use. ...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, often pronounced nit-suh) is an agency of the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government, part of the Department of Transportation. ...
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF) is a law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice. ...
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CPSC fulfills its mission to protect consumers against unreasonable risk of injury by developing voluntary and mandatory standards, banning dangerous consumer products, issuing recalls of products already on the market, and researching potential hazards associated with consumer products. CPSC learns about unsafe products in several ways. The agency maintains a consumer hotline and website through which consumers may report concerns about unsafe products or injuries associated with products. The agency also operates the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, a probability sample of about 100 hospitals with 24-hour emergency rooms. NEISS collects data on consumer product related injuries treated in ERs and can be used to generate national estimates. A hospital today is an institution for professional health care provided by physicians and nurses. ...
The emergency room is a room, or group of rooms, within a hospital that is designed for the treatment of urgent and medical emergencies. ...
In the 1970's the CPSC issued regulations on bicycles, which required a number of reflectors—including a white reflector mounted above the handlebar stem (the usual location for a bicycle headlight) and can only be seen by a motorist if the bicycle is being ridden on the wrong side of the road—as well as auxiliary brake levers (variously known as "safety levers" and "suicide levers.") These regulations were widely criticized by adult cyclists, like John Forester, as stemming from the belief that all bicycles are ridden by children and as providing the illusion of safety but actually creating a new hazard. John Forester (born 7 October 1929) is an American industrial engineer and a noted cycling activist who coined the term Effective Cycling. ...
Industry-sponsored travel controversy
On November 2, 2007, the Washington Post reported that between 2002 and the date of their report, former chairman Hal Stratton and current acting chairman Nancy Nord had taken over 30 trips paid for by manufacturing groups or lobbyists representing industries that are under the supervision of the agency. According to the Post, the groups paid for over $60,000 travel and related expenses during this time.[5] ...
Hal Stratton is a former chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. ...
See also The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent rules and regulations (sometimes called administrative law) published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government of the United States. ...
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Injury prevention is the implementation of interventions to prevent or reduce the severity of bodily injuries caused by external mechanisms before they occur. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
External links - How the CPSC is ruining American science
- Consumer Product Safety Commission Website
- Federal Hazardous Substances Act
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