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CPSC Powers Down
By OurFuture.org Staff
Created 02/04/2008 - 8:07am

Source URL: 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/01/AR2008020103151.... [1]
Article Publication Date: 
02/02/2008

The Consumer Product Safety Commission returns to work, minus the authority to adopt safety rules, order mandatory recalls of dangerous products, or impose civil penalties on companies that do not report product hazards immediately. The agency, which polices more than 15,000 types of products, will lose those powers tomorrow when its temporary quorum expires for the second time in little more than a year.

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