Tell Congress: Protect consumers from Trump’s attacks

 

Last Thursday night, Donald Trump fired the three Democratic commissioners who held the majority on the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). This is a major step in another of Trump’s dangerous plans: To eliminate the CPSC entirely. The CPSC’s work benefits all Americans and the agency plays a particularly large role in reducing injuries and deaths among vulnerable consumers, like children and older adults. The CPSC negotiates product recalls — including for children’s toys that contain toxic levels of lead, portable bed rails that can trap people, chargers that overheat and catch on fire, and medicines that aren’t in child-resistant packaging The CPSC creates new rules to protect consumers — including stronger standards for more durable cribs and safer infant support cushions And the CPSC educates the public about product safety — including through fireworks safety demonstrations; campaigns to warn people about falling, fire, and drowning hazards; and an online database where people can check if products are unsafe before buying them The CPSC’s work makes a real difference: For example, crib fatalities decreased by nearly 80% from 1973 to 2019 and pediatric poisoning for children decreased by 80% from 1972 to 2020. We can’t stand by while Trump considers shuttering the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Please email your members of Congress. Tell them: Make a public statement opposing Trump’s efforts to eliminate the Consumer Product Safety Commission. This is an important bipartisan agency that saves lives and keeps consumers, including children and older adults, safe. Send your message right away >> Thanks for taking action, George Public Citizen

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