Ring of Power.

AuthorTaylor, Jeff A.
PositionConsumer Product Safety Commission seeks to outlaw baby bath seats - Brief Article

Taylor, Jeff A.

Suppose there was a device that, when used during a dangerous procedure, significantly reduced the risk of a fatality. Suppose that same device also made a difficult procedure much easier. What would you think of it?

If you're a member of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, you might decide to outlaw it. Such is the case with baby bath seats, some 2 million of which are now in use.

The Consumer Federation of America is campaigning to ban the devices, saying they give parents a false sense of security. But the numbers don't back up that claim. Each year 50 or so kids drown in bathtubs. Usually less than 10 of those accidents involve the use of a bath seat. Significantly, in almost all of the reported deaths, the child was left unattended. Blaming the bath seats for this lapse in parental judgment seems more than a little misplaced.

But not for CPSC...

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