Stay Safe at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic; CPSC Helps You Avoid Hidden Home Hazards

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Mar 27, 2020, 14:39 ET

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2020/Stay-Safe-at-Home-During-the-COVID-19-Pandemic-CPSC-Helps-You-Avoid-Hidden-Home-Hazards

During these times of uncertainty, you want your home to be a safe place for you and your loved ones. Especially now, when you are spending so much time indoors, you need to be able to identify and handle the hidden hazards in your home that can cause injury or death. Just as you are working to protect those you love from COVID-19, CPSC urges you to protect your family from these hazards as well.

CPSC continues to protect the public from dangerous consumer products through science, investigation, corrective action and communication. In response to the current crisis, CPSC has created a series of Home Safe Checklists, whether your home has babies, teens or seniors—or all of them. Print the lists that work for you, and spend a few moments checking off the safety items. When so much in the world seems beyond control, these checklists are simple, clear steps you can take for the safety of your family.

Home Safe with Young Children

Home Safe with Older Children

Home Safe with Seniors

Home Safe for Everyone

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals – contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.

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