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Consumer Product Safety Commission  

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  • The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was created by the Consumer Product Safety Act of 1972 to protect the public against unreasonable risks of injury associated with a wide range of consumer products. The rationale for this act came from a national commission study on product safety, which found that 20 million Americans were injured severely enough each year because of product-related accidents to require medical treatment. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Consumer Product Safety Commission]

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