We are extending the date for state and local governments to apply for $2 Million in Pool Safely grants to help prevent drownings and drain entrapments: bit.ly/3uvA7dM
CPSC will award up to a total of $2 million in two-year grants to assist jurisdictions in reducing deaths and injuries from drowning and drain entrapment incidents in pools and spas.
Applicants must be a state or local government or U S. Territory that has an enacted or amended a state and/or local law(s) that meet the requirements of the VGB Act (15 U.S.C. 8001), sections 1405 and 1406.
Prospective applicants are encouraged to review the solicitation on Grants.gov, under grant opportunity CPSC-21-001. Applications will be accepted through August 16, 2021.
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The Snoot Squad would like you to make sure your cleaning products, button batteries, and laundry detergents are locked up, out of sight and out of reach of kids:
CPSC is warning consumers about the danger of popular Peloton Tread+ exercise machine after multiple incidents of small children and a pet being injured beneath the machines.
The Commission has found that the public health and safety requires this notice to warn the public quickly of the hazard.