Archive for May, 2009

“Healthy People in a Healthy Environment”

The 2009 National Environmental Public Health Conference will take place October 26-28 in Atlanta, GA.  From the conference website: “The conference aims to develop and encourage innovative strategies for addressing existing and emerging issues in addition to being a forum for CDC [Center for Disease Control]/ATSDR [Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry] and its [...]

Commissioners Disagree on Product Tracking Labels

It appears that, for the moment, we are at a stand-still with regard to tracking labels for children’s products, which the CPSIA requires as of August 14, 2009.  Earlier, I had predicted a stay as the CPSC works out the details of the label requirements.  As of today, however, a stay remains in limbo as [...]

Where Have You Been?

Blog posts have be sparse over the last couple months, but for a very exciting reason – we have been working feverishly to get the WeMakeItSafer site up!  I am very happy to announce that we are officially entering alpha mode this weekend. This is our testing phase, and it means launch is just around [...]