Tenenbaum Talks to PSL about the CPSIA, Cadmium and More Whether or not Congress makes the changes to the CPSIA that CPSC suggested last month, the agency will continue to move forward with its work related to the law, CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum told PSL January 27.

Adler Provides Views on CPSIA Lead Issues CPSC Commissioner Robert Adler January 22 weighed in on the debates surrounding how the CPSIA handles lead, giving Congress three points he said it should consider if it decides to move on commissioners' suggested "improvements" to the law.

Northup and AHAM Discuss CPSIA and Other Issues Discussion January 27 between Commissioner Anne Northup and visitors from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) included expanding CPSC-AHAM cooperation on safety outreach, ranges tipovers, cooking fires, the CPSIA database, the CPSIA 15(j) provision that facilitates commission adoption of voluntary standards as mandatory, and recall effectiveness.

POGO Approaches CPSC with ISA-PS Concerns CPSC staffers January 27 assured visitors from the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) about the agency's handling of the importer program in development with Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

CPSC Gives Update on ATV Incidents CPSC knows of 9,633, ATV-related deaths from 1982 to the end of 2008, according to an agency report made available January 22.

Adler Welcomes AAP Help to Promote Child Safety By Mary O. Foley Commissioner Robert Adler Jan. 26 welcomed suggestions from a top U.S. pediatrician on ways CPSC and the medical community can work together to improve child safety.

CPSC BRIEFS Briefs on CPSC staff, drywall, recalls, meetings.