Useful Links 

These links remind the reliability and safety professionals, as well as the general public, about the importance of our trade. 

1. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC

- Consumer product legislature, Safety warnings and recent recalls, 'CPSC's Most wanted list' etc:  protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. http://www.cpsc.gov/

- CPSC videomaterial on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/uscpsc

2. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA

- http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

- Vehicle recalls, recalls listing for 2010 (all). Defects investigations. Huyndai, Toyota recalls etc., advice to Toyota Customers

- In the US: File a safety complaint: defects in vehicles, child seats

- Car safety ratings: http://www.safercar.gov/

- Motorcycle safety: http://www.nhtsa.gov/Safety/Motorcycles. Selecting the right motor cycle helmet, video: http://www.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/Traffic%20Injury%20Control/Multimedia/helmet02.wmv .

- Bicycle safety: http://www.nhtsa.gov/Bicycles. Pedestrian safety, materials: http://www.nhtsa.gov/Pedestrians. Is your kid's walk to school safe? See: http://www.walktoschool-usa.org/

3. U.S. Chemical Safety Board, CSB - Safety Messages

- Process industry safety videos on the Safetymessages channel.

- Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Independent federal agency): Process industry safety management. Chemical Accidents, oil spills.

4. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA

- Medical device safety. http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/default.htm

- Is your company listed? Read a list of medical device recalls. (continually updated, check the link). FDA posts consumer information about the most serious medical device recalls. These products are on the list because there is a reasonable chance that they could cause serious health problems or death.

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