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The Subject Was Standards: The Federal Government And Safety In The 1940'S - And 1970'S, Judy Jackson
The Subject Was Standards: The Federal Government And Safety In The 1940'S - And 1970'S, Judy Jackson
Akron Law Review
THE MAY, 1976 issue of Trial magazine has emblazoned across its cover "The Hazardous Products Jungle". The cover shows a bicycle, chain saw, stove, vacuum cleaner, TV set, football helmet and other consumer products engulfed in Henri Rousseau-like jungle foliage. Such a cover, with its implication that many consumer products presenting unreasonable risks remain on the market over three years after passage of the Consumer Product Safety Act of 1972 (CPSA), epitomizes the general disappointment with the performance of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the independent regulatory agency created by the 1972 Act to protect the public against …
The Subject Was Standards: The Federal Government And Safety In The 1940'S - And 1970'S, Judy Jackson
The Subject Was Standards: The Federal Government And Safety In The 1940'S - And 1970'S, Judy Jackson
Akron Law Review
THE MAY, 1976 issue of Trial magazine has emblazoned across its cover "The Hazardous Products Jungle". The cover shows a bicycle, chain saw, stove, vacuum cleaner, TV set, football helmet and other consumer products engulfed in Henri Rousseau-like jungle foliage.
Such a cover, with its implication that many consumer products presenting unreasonable risks remain on the market over three years after passage of the Consumer Product Safety Act of 1972 (CPSA), epitomizes the general disappointment with the performance of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the independent regulatory agency created by the 1972 Act to protect the public against …
A New Private Action In Products Liability: Swenson V. Emerson Electric Co., Stephen Griffin
A New Private Action In Products Liability: Swenson V. Emerson Electric Co., Stephen Griffin
Akron Law Review
By the late 1960's, statistics revealed that a total of twenty million people were injured or killed annually in consumer product-related accidents. Congress reacted by establishing a committee to investigate the adequacy of consumer protection against unreasonable risks caused by hazardous household products. This committee concluded that producers of hazardous products are in the best position to safeguard consumers against injury, but found that many producers lacked motivation to engage in meaningful self-regulation. Consequently, they recommended the creation of a federal regulatory agency.
Congress responded by enacting the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA), and by establishing the Consumer Product Safety …