Trump Plan to Gut Consumer Product Safety Commission Puts Kids at Risk, Parents in Chicago and Elsewhere Say

Trump plan to gut Consumer Product Safety Commission puts kids at risk, parents in Chicago and elsewhere say

Lisa Osborne-Siefert became a consumer advocate shortly after her worst day as a parent, in 2011. She had walked into her 2-year-old son’s room to wake him from his afternoon nap and found his little body pinned under a tipped-over dresser.Shane Siefert had told his mom “Love you,” as he settled in for his nap. But at some point, the toddler got out of his bed and climbed on the dresser, which toppled onto him.“There are some days when it is deb…

CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Omzer Infant Swings Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Suffocation Hazard; Multiple Federal Safety Violations

WASHINGTON, May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using Omzer infant swings because the swings were marketed for infant sleep and have an incline angle greater than 10 degrees…

CPSC Withdraws Lithium-Ion Battery Rulemaking

Less than two weeks after the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) voted 3-2 to move ahead with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) for a new safety standard for lithium-ion batteries used in e-mobility devices, in a not unexpected move, the Commission, now consisting of two Republicans, voted to withdraw the NPR.  But the drama will continue to unfold with possible structural changes to the agency and anticipated legal chal…