Consumer Product Safety Commission - less consumer, more product

Published: September 28, 2007, 3:26 am

Oh, you mean they were supposed to help consumers and not industry despite deadly and dangerous products? How does that fit with the GOP theory of industry self regulation?The CPSC finally picked up the crib last week after the newspaper informed the agency of its investigation.In announcing the recall, the CPSC said it had received reports of three deaths, seven infants trapped and 55 other incidents relating to faulty drop rail hardware and design. In all three deaths, parents had unwittingly installed the drop rails upside down."The fact that it has taken more than four years from the date of the first incident report and more than two years since the first report of an infant's death to announce a recall of these products is alarming," [Senator] Durbin said in the letter."It is unacceptable for the public to have to rely on journalists for this commission to act in a timely fashion."A sad but true reality of consumer protection during Republican rule.

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