GENERAL INTEREST
Howsare to Leave CPSC; Kaye to Be Chief of Staff
Product Safety Letter (Bethesda, Md.)
Matt Howsare, CPSC chief of staff and chief counsel to Chairman Inez Tenenbaum, will leave CPSC May 29. He will join the product safety practice at the Washington, D.C. office of Mintz Levin. Elliott Kaye, now deputy chief of staff and senior counsel to the chairman, will replace Howsare.
Receipts: BPA Hidden in Plain Sight
KATV (Little Rock, Ark.)
More and more consumers are buying products that are BPA-free but many are walking out of stores with receipts coated in the very substance they're trying to avoid.
RECENT CPSC RECALL NOTICES
Electrical Heater for Risk of Igniting Nearby Objects
Children’s Hooded Sweatshirts for Drawstrings
Microwave Popcorn Makers for Overheating
Bean Bag Chairs for Accessible Beans
BIKES, SKATES, SCOOTERS, ETC.
With Crash Data, Boston Tries to Make Bicycling Safer
Boston Globe (Boston, Mass.)
Bike crashes in Boston are most likely to occur on Massachusetts Avenue, between 4 and 7 p.m., to men between 19 and 31 years old.
Bike Advocates React to City's Crash Study
Boston Globe (Boston, Mass.)
Bicycle advocates were excited Wednesday about the release of an expansive report on bike crashes in the city, but many said they were less enthused about the initiatives the city may undertake as a result of the study’s findings.
Americans and Canadians Don't Agree on the Effectiveness of Bike Helmet Legislation
Montreal Gazette (Montreal, Quebec)
Now here’s a puzzler, two studies – one American and one Canadian offer up totally different conclusions regarding whether cycling helmet laws reduce the incidence of head injuries.
More to Bike Safety Than Helmets, Study Finds
Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg Manitoba)
Bicycle helmets may prevent head injuries, but a newly published study has found there's no evidence mandatory helmet laws do the same thing.
No Evidence Cycle Helmet Laws Work: Study
MetroNews Canada (Calgary, Alberta)
Bicycle helmets may prevent head injuries, but a newly published study has found there’s no evidence that mandatory helmet laws do the same thing.
HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS & CLEANING PRODUCTS
Company Suspends Promotion after Calgary Toddler Swallows Laundry Detergent Sample
Calgary Herald (Calgary, Alberta)
The makers of Sunlight detergent say they are suspending a program to deliver free samples of their laundry pods after a little Calgary girl ate one and became seriously ill.
POISON
Kids Easily Open Child-Resistant Pill Bottles
WRIC (Petersburg, Va.)
If you think those hard to open, child-resistant caps will always keep your children safe from pills, think again.