Released: October 23, 2007

Unsafe products overwhelm safety agency

Source: USA Today (Free Registration)

Our view on consumer protection: Unsafe products overwhelm emaciated safety agency. Stripped of staff and authority, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) struggles to keep up. In the spring of 2005, a baby was strangled by a defective crib in California, and a Texas woman collapsed after she used a can of spray sealant to treat kitchen and bathroom tile.

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