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Consumer Reports: Dresser Tests Show New Tip-Over Standard Is Working, but Older, Riskier Dressers Are Still Sold by Major Retailers Like Amazon and Walmart

WASHINGTON, DC — Consumer Reports (CR) today released its furniture tip-over test results for a range of popular dressers. All 10 dressers that passed CR’s…

September 25, 2024

Product Safety
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Millions of Furniture Anchor Kits Recalled; Consumer Reports Advises Consumers to Immediately Replace Plastic Anchors to Prevent Furniture Tip-Overs

Safety advocates call on furniture anchor manufacturers to test their products to ensure safety WASHINGTON, DC – Consumer Reports (CR) welcomes the recall of New…

January 11, 2024

Product Safety
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Consumer Reports: Your New Dresser Could Still Be Prone to Tipping Over; Here is What Parents and Caregivers Should Know

Dressers and other clothing storage furniture manufactured after September 1 will meet a mandatory safety requirement, but furniture made before September 1 will remain for…

August 28, 2023

Product Safety
Press Release

Parent Advocates and Consumer Groups: Furniture Companies Have One Month to Comply with New Federal Safety Rule to Prevent Tip-Over Injuries to Children

New standards for dressers and other clothing storage units are mandatory as of September 1; Failure to comply means leaving children’s lives at risk WASHINGTON,…

August 1, 2023

Product Safety

Public Joint Letter Regarding Clothing Storage Furniture Law

On behalf of the undersigned consumer and parent organizations, we write to you regarding ASTM F2057-23, the safety standard for dressers and other clothing storage…

August 1, 2023

Product Safety
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Federal safety agency votes to adopt stability requirements for dressers: What this means for caregivers, manufacturers, and retailers

CPSC leaders signal they will take voluntary industry standard and make it mandatory WASHINGTON – Consumer Reports today commended the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)…

April 19, 2023

Product Safety
Press Release

A Big Win for Child Safety: The STURDY Act, Included in Year-End Bill, Goes To President’s Desk To Be Signed Into Law

The STURDY Act will require a federal safety standard for dressers and other clothing storage furniture to help prevent deadly tip-overs that have killed hundreds…

December 23, 2022

Product Safety
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Consumer Reports commends the Consumer Product Safety Commission for furniture safety rule

The CPSC’s new rule will help reduce furniture tip-overs—a family tragedy that has resulted in hundreds of child deaths over the last two decades.  …

October 19, 2022

Product Safety
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Consumer Reports: The STURDY Act passes the Senate by unanimous consent

–Bill would establish safety standards to prevent deadly tip-overs of dressers and other clothing storage units  –Furniture industry representatives, Parents Against Tip-Overs, Consumer Reports, the…

October 5, 2022

Product Safety

Consumer Reports Letter of Support to Commerce Committee on the STURDY Act and Reese’s Law

On behalf of Consumer Reports (CR), the independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan member organization, we write regarding two product safety bills the Committee plans to consider at…

May 10, 2022

Product Safety
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