Today a proposal created by Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, to create an online, searchable public database of “adverse incidents” at the Consumer Product Safety Commission was agreed to be included in the CPSC reauthorization legislation currently being finalized by a House-Senate conference committee.
Rep. Markey’s proposal will require the CPSC to create a publicly searchable database that would allow consumers to access specific reports CPSC obtains from consumers, doctors, hospitals or manufacturers of serious injury, illness or death, or risk of serious injury illness or death that may be due to a faulty or unsafe product. Under the current process, consumers often have no idea that the CPSC has received complaints about serious injuries caused by specific products that they may be using everyday. This lack of information creates serious, avoidable risks for consumers across the country.
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