Issue Position: Furniture Tipping
Issue Position
Issues: Business and Consumers
The tragic deaths of several children in Wisconsin due to furniture tipping over on them prompted me to co-sponsor legislation to improve safety standards for furniture. In addition, I have asked the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), to strengthen and make mandatory the current voluntary furniture tipping standard. I have also written to the producers of televised home makeover programs, asking them to include life-saving information about furniture safety in future programs. Disseminating information about the risks of death to small children together with minor changes in law can prevent many tragic home accidents.
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