LIBRARY NOTE Product Safety Letter will not have an August 11, 2008 edition due to its schedule of 50 issues per year. The next issue, Vol. 37, No. 32, will be dated August 18, 2008.

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HR 4040 SET TO BECOME LAW The House July 30 and the Senate July 31 passed a final version of HR 4040, the CPSC reauthorization bill.

CPSC GIVES VIEWS ON CRIB-SLAT AND CO-ALARM STANDARDS CPSC staff the week of July 28 sent standards makers their views about unrelated activity on standards for crib slats and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms.

CPSC SAYS SYNTHETIC TURF IS NOT A LEAD EXPOSURE RISK CPSC July 30 said its evaluation of synthetic athletic turfs shows them not to pose risks for lead exposure.

CPSC BRIEFS Briefs on wooden toys, climbing lines, stuffed toys, toy helicopters, CPSC meetings, upholstered furniture.

STANDARDS & TESTING BRIEFS Briefs on fire hazards, helmets, trampolines, play equipment, electric toys, refrigeration, power cords, communication cables, outlet boxes, wiring, electric equipment, heating/cooling, fire extinguishers (3 briefs).

FOREIGN & INTERNATIONAL BRIEFS Briefs on REACH, sunglasses, pools, drowning, propane, muffin cups, pacifiers, toy arrows/darts, toy guns, toy binoculars, magnets (2 briefs), bicycles, hockey helmets, pacifiers, RAPEX

STATE ACTIVITY BRIEF Brief on yo-yo balls.