Product safety in the United States

Material Safety Data Sheets

Material Safety Data Sheets explain the proper procedures for working with hazardous substances. To get MSDS’s off the Internet, check out Safety Links: Material Safety Data Sheets and/or Where to Find Material Safety Data Sheets on the Internet, which links to many useful sites including Vermont Safety Information Resources, which I’ve heard are particularly good. If you have a subscription, use the MSDS Search by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.

Resources

See Also

• Legal Topics.
• Fair Labor Standards Act
• Minimum-Wage Legislation.

Further Reading (Books)

Storrs, Landon R. Y. Civilizing Capitalism: The National Consumers’ League, Women’s Activism, and Labor Standards in the New Deal Era. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000.

Further Reading (Articles)

Should product safety be an option? It may be tricky to hold manufacturers liable for failing to make `optional’ safety features standard equipment. Trial lawyers must be ready to meet the challenges. Trial; November 1, 2001; Scrudato, Paul A.

Product Safety and Liability, Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics; January 1, 2005

Product Safety and Compliance Seminar Helps Manufacturers Fine-Tune Company Programs, States News Service; February 15, 2013

Product safety circle stirs debate.(Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Ann Brown’s initiative The Product Safety Circle will host its first Expo and Conference), CPSC Monitor; March 1, 2001; Dawson, Carol

PRODUCT SAFETY, PRODUCT TRAINING AND PRODUCT LIABILITY ISSUES ARE FOCUS OF AEM SEMINARS. States News Service; March 12, 2010

Infant, Toddler Durable Product Safety Act Introduced by Rep. Schakowsky, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; March 14, 2006

European Product Safety Regime: Long Awaited Reform Now within Touching Distance, Mondaq Business Briefing; March 12, 2013; Foley, Isabel

Globalization of product safety.( American National Standards Institute)(standards of apparel safety ), Appliance Design; August 1, 2005; McGuire, Joseph M.

Sen. Schumer Introduces International and Domestic Product Safety Act, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; November 1, 2007

Product safety and the amusement park industry, Professional Safety; October 1, 2001; Dodge, David A

Perceived Cost Barriers to Improving Product Safety Unfounded, Indicates New TUV SUD Global Research, Electronics Newsweekly; March 27, 2013

HOLDING OF THE SIXTH PRODUCT SAFETY INSPECTION SEMINAR IN TOKYO – AWARDING CEREMONY OF THE FIFTH METI MINISTER’S AWARDS FOR BEST CONTRIBUTORS TO PRODUCT SAFETY -., States News Service; November 10, 2011

U.S.-CHINA CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY SUMMIT JOINT STATEMENT, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; November 18, 2009

New National Product Safety Regime. Mondaq Business Briefing; May 14, 2010

Canada Consumer Product Safety Act. Mondaq Business Briefing; November 1, 2011

New National Product Safety Regime.(Australian Consumer Law Bill 2010), Mondaq Business Briefing; March 22, 2010

Rep. Schakowsky Introduces Infant, Toddler Durable Product Safety Act, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; April 4, 2007

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON PRODUCT SAFETY. States News Service; October 26, 2010

HEARING SUMMARY – OVERSIGHT OF THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION: PRODUCT SAFETY IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON. States News Service; December 2, 2010

ADA, SLU LAUNCH PRODUCT SAFETY INFORMATION GUIDE. States News Service; November 16, 2009