The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is facing upheaval after the Trump administration dismissed three Democratic commissioners, leading to the withdrawal of several proposed safety rules, including one for aerosol dusters.
These products, commonly used to clean keyboards, have been linked to 100 to 200 deaths annually when inhaled to get high.
Claudia Dimmt, who lost her son Brandon to a toxic reaction from inhaling compressed air, expressed her disappointment, saying, “I actually cried, yeah, all of a sudden, they took four years worth of research and just threw it out the window.”
The CPSC, now led by Acting Chairman Peter Feldman, a Republican, stated that the withdrawn rules did not advance safety and emphasized a shift towards “sound science, robust data and common sense.”
However, Daniel Green from the National Consumers League criticized the decision, arguing that the withdrawn rules had substantial evidence supporting them.
