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OBAMA PICKS TWO; SEEKS 2010 FUNDS 10.5% BELOW CPSIA FIGURE CPSC is set to return to a five-person commission with President Barack Obama’s May 5 announcement that he intends to nominate Inez Moore Tenenbaum to be CPSC chairman and to nominate Robert Adler to be a commissioner.

OHVs MUST MEET EIGHT POINTS TO QUALIFY FOR STAY The 2-0 decision May 1 by Acting CPSC Chairman Nancy Nord and Commissioner Thomas Moore to stay enforcement of CPSIA lead limits for youth ATVs and other off-road vehicles (OHVs) includes eight requirements that companies must meet.

CPSC GIVES DETAILS OF DRYWALL APPROACH CPSC May 1 outlined a five-track strategy to address concerns related to drywall imported from China.

EU GETS SAFETY REVIEWS FOR 20 CHILD PRODUCT CATEGORIES Stakeholders in the safety of childcare and child-use products now have an extensive resource into the issues that the EU might consider related to those items.

EU PRODUCT SAFETY OFFICIALS NOTE CHILD INJURY REPORTS “Report cards” on child injury prevention from the European Child Safety Alliance and EuroSafe drew the attention of EU product safety regulators.

BIKES MIGHT GET ENFORCEMENT STAY A May 6 CPSC briefing package indicates that children’s bicycles might follow a path similar to youth ATVs related to CPSIA lead content rules.

CPSC BRIEFS Briefs on children's jewelry, torque wrnches, paint sprayers, children's hats, off-road motorcycles, jackets, CHAPs, tracking labels, CPSC meetings.

CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFS Brief on product safety.

STANDARDS & TESTING BRIEFS Briefs on play equipment, garden tools, wiring, garage doors, circuit boards, appliances, office furnishing, electric motors, batteries, spas, booster cables.

FOREIGN & INTERNATIONAL BRIEFS Briefs on REACH, DMF, garage sales, power strips, electricity savers, lights, paint sprayers, clamp meters, evaporative coolers, roof racks, blenders, CO alarms, travel adaptors (2 briefs), baby toys, grills, coats, RAPEX