CPSC CLARIFIES EXEMPTION FOR MEDICAL MATTRESSES CPSC August 3 explained that mattress qualifying as medical devices under Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules are exempt from flammability requirements that came into effect in July.
MOORE PRAISES PRYOR ON QUORUM CPSC Commissioner Thomas Moore August 3 issued a letter praising Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) for his role in giving CPSC a six-month extension of a two-person quorum.
ANTIMONY GROUP TO GIVE CPSC TEST DATA The International Antimony Oxide Industry Association July 26 agreed to give CPSC more information on its antimony trioxide toxicity testing.
EU REPORT URGES CASE-BY-CASE NANOTECH SAFETY STUDIES An August 8 report on nanotech safety from the EU Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General (DG-Sanco) urges a tiered approach to risk assessments to account for different potential adverse effects depending on the nanomaterials and the body functions at risk.
EU PROVIDES LAY VERSIONS OF THREE RISK ASSESSMENTS The EU Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General (DG-Sanco) August 6 placed on its website three risk assessments synopses targeted at consumers ease-of-understanding.
CONSUMER GROUPS CALL FOR STRONGER AGENCIES Consumers Union (CU), Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) August 2 called on Congress and a recently formed White House panel on import safety to move quickly on strengthening U.S. product safety powers.
