CPSC Abandons Critical Safety Rulemakings, Leaving Consumers at Risk

Media Contact: Lisa McDonald, Vice President of Communications, 202-207-2829 

Washington, DC – Yesterday, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) withdrew several proposed rules to mitigate product safety dangers, including hazards posed by table saws, off-highway vehicles, and aerosol duster products.

“The withdrawal of vital safety rulemakings is not grounded in evidence or morality, but in politics and cruelty,” said Daniel Greene, the Senior Director of Consumer Protections & Product Safety.  “Hazardous table saws, toxic aerosol dusters, and structurally weak recreational vehicles are a choice, not an inevitability.  The CPSC chose less safety and more amputations, impalements, and poisonings.  It’s time for Congress to do what the CPSC won’t—put safety first and require these safety standards by law.”

In July, NCL led a letter of 121 advocates opposing plans to eliminate the CPSC and transfer the agency’s functions to HHS and a letter of 100 advocates calling on the Trump administration to rescind the unlawful attempted removal of the Democratic CPSC Commissioners.

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