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The US Consumer Product Safety Commission a Global Leader in Consumer Product Safety
Journal of Consumer Affairs, 2014In her 2014 Colston Warne Lecture, Inez M. Tenenbaum, former Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (2009–2013), reflects on the organization's accomplishments under her leadership and discusses work that remains to be done by the Commission.
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The Effects of Consumer Education on Consumer Product Safety Behavior
Journal of Consumer Research, 1978Increasing the knowledge level of consumers with respect to safety principles has been suggested as one method of reducing the number of consumer product related injuries. This paper describes the results of a pilot study aimed at increasing consumer knowledge and presents a new methodology for analyzing the effects of such a program.
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1999
The vast array of products available to the American consumer presents a particularly perplexing challenge to the concept of human health and the environment. In a free market economy, there is a constant bombardment of hucksterism designed to convince the public to buy, use, and consume this never-ending parade of products.
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The vast array of products available to the American consumer presents a particularly perplexing challenge to the concept of human health and the environment. In a free market economy, there is a constant bombardment of hucksterism designed to convince the public to buy, use, and consume this never-ending parade of products.
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Consumer Health and Safety: The Importance of Product Safety
2019Among the various issues that permeate consumer protection, there is consumer health and safety: a sensitive issue, which has gained international importance. An example of this is the inclusion of the item on the agenda of the United Nations Intergovernmental Group of Experts, which at its second session in July 2017 requested the United Nations ...
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Consumer Behavior and the Safety Effects of Consumer Product Safety Regulation
1992Abstract A recurring issue in the economic analysis of risk regulation agencies is whether these efforts have had any significant favorable effect on safety. Although the existence of such an effect would not necessarily imply that these efforts were worthwhile, without an enhancement in safety there is no potential rationale for ...
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission
California Management Review, 1976The newest federal regulatory body is the Consumer Product Safety Commission, whose responsibility includes drafting safety standards for a wide variety of household products and home furnishings. In addition to its broad jurisdiction, the Commission has been given some punch-the power to seek court injunctions to keep unsafe products from being ...
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Singapore consumer product safety scheme
2004 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37559), 2004The paper introduces the latest requirements for consumer products implemented in Singapore with effect from April 1, 2003 under the Consumer Protection Regulations. It presents the safety authority's requirements, supplier and controlled goods registration, certificate of conformity and safety mark.
L. Bai, H. Zhang
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Safety Beliefs about Consumer Products
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2011This study examined people’s safety perceptions concerning consumer products. Participants (n=129) were asked about their overall beliefs concerning safety of consumer products sold in the U.S. Beliefs regarding government and industry policies concerning safety were also collected.
Soyun Kim +2 more
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