Sentence examples for product hazards from inspiring English sources
An editorial on Monday about consumer safety misidentified the group surveying the government's delays informing the public of product hazards.
Not long ago, one group of producers, makers of implanted heart devices, agreed to adopt guidelines about how doctors should be alerted to potential product hazards after a controversy involving the Guidant Corporation.
As part of their slash-and-burn continuing resolution, they cut all the financing — some $3 million this year — for a core provision of the safety bill: a database where consumers could report product hazards and the public could check products before buying them.
"We can't pursue product hazards that fall below an imminent threat," said Tenenbaum.
Keeping consumers in the dark about product hazards is just one of the troubling "reforms" to the product safety law gaining traction on Capitol Hill.
And, once it's in use, the database will also help the CPSC identify trends in product hazards much more quickly and efficiently.
In 2011, the commission created mandatory rules for the clothes, which called the drawstrings a substantial product hazard.
The Republican commissioners want to limit complaints to people with first-hand knowledge of a product hazard, like parents and health care workers; they are also seeking stronger vetting of false or misleading complaints.
These will also link directly to the CPSC.gov recall page for access to the details of the product hazard in question as well as the list of steps to take next, and they include customer service phone numbers.
The CPSC Office of Compliance and Field Operations staff considers self-balancing scooters that do not meet the safety standards referenced above to be defective, and that they may present a substantial product hazard under Section 15(a) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. § 2064(a) or could be determined to be an imminent hazard under Section 12 of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. § 2061.
Irritant, corrosive and sensitising properties were based on classification of the respective product, environmental hazards on classification or on water hazard classes.
