Home Safety
Consumer Information
- The Real Myths and Facts About Window Covering Safety (PDF)
- Hidden Hazards Number One, (PDF)
- Hidden Hazards Number Two, (PDF)
- How Healthy is the Air in Your Home? A Room by Room Checklist, (PDF)
- Home Play Equipment: Safety Tips for Buying and Using, (PDF)
Press Releases
- CFA Consumer and Safety Organizations Petition the U.S. CPSC to Issue Mandatory Standards to Make Window Covering Cords Safer for Children, 05/23/2013. (PDF)
- Window Covering Manufacturers Stonewall Effective Standards That Could Save Children’s Lives, 05/17/12. (PDF)
- Consumer Organizations Petition the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to Take Action on Adult Portable Bed Rails, 04/25/2013. (PDF)
- Expert Panel Finds that Formaldehyde and Methylene Glycol are Unsafe as Used in Hair Smoothing Products—CFA Applauds Decision, 10/12/11. (PDF)
- Consumer Groups Walk Out of Failed Window Covering Standards Process, 09/01/11. (PDF)
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Issues Mandatory Standard for Baby Bath Seat: Strengthens Standard but Falls Short of a Ban, 05/25/10. (PDF)
- Baby Bath Seats Give Parents False Sense of Safety: Consumer Groups Asks Government to Ban Deadly Product, 07/25/00. (PDF)
- Bunk Beds To Be Subject to Federal Safety Requirements, 12/02/99. (PDF)
- Bunk Bed Safety, 01/14/98. (PDF)
Studies/Testimony/Comments
- Comments to U.S. CPSC on Petition Requesting Rulemaking Eliminating Accessible Cords on Window Covering Products, 09/13/2013. (PDF)
- CFA Files Comments to U.S. CPSC on Requesting a Ban or Standard on Adults Portable Bed Rails, 08/05/2013. (PDF)
- Testimony Before CPSC Addressing Agenda and Priorities FY 2015 and 2015, 07/10/2013. (PDF)
- CFA Consumer and Safety Organizations Petition the U.S. CPSC to Issue Mandatory Standards to Make Window Covering Cords Safer for Children, 05/23/2013. (PDF)
- CFA Letter Urging Members of the House of Representatives to Reject Misleading Window Covering Letter, 05/17/12. (PDF)
- Consumer Groups Support Window Covering Safety Which May Be Included in FY 2012 FSGG Appropriations Bill, 09/15/11. (PDF)
- Coalition Letter Supporting Mandatory Standard for Button Cell Batteries Which May Be Included in FY 2012 FSGG Appropriations Bill, 09/15/11. (PDF)
- CFA Coalition Letter Calls for Remedies Against Producers of Unsafe Products Which May Be Included in FY 2012 FSGG Appropriations Bill, 09/15/11). (PDF)
- Ban Baby Bath Seats Petition, 07/25/00. (PDF)