High impact information on Consumer Product Safety

• PURPOSE: The Center for Devices and Radiological Health, in collaboration with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, conducted a multicenter study of the prevalence of latex-specific IgE antibodies among United States hospital personnel [1].
• The Consumer Product Safety Commission concluded that exposure to DINP from toys was well below effect levels in animals, and, therefore, there was no risk [2].
• The potential chronic health risks of phthalate exposure to infants have been under scrutiny by regulatory agencies in Europe, Canada, Japan, and the U.S. This report describes a risk assessment of DINP exposure from children's products, by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) staff [3].
• We agree with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's recently proposed rule to require cosmetic manufacturers to repackage methacrylic acid-containing household products in child-resistant containers [4].
• Injuries sustained by patients using wheels-in-line roller skates were reviewed in a survey of 57 cases collected by the Roosevelt Hospital Hand Service and 444 cases compiled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Most patients were novice skaters in the second and third decades of life [5].

Associations of Consumer Product Safety with chemical compounds

• Kyorin had a licence to develop leflunomide in Japan. Product approval was scheduled for 1998 [159079], but no development has been reported since 1994 [6].
• The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has documented multiple hazards related to formaldehyde exposure [7].

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