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A new ASTM International standard aims to enhance the safety of infant bathers. The consumer safety specification establishes performance requirements, test methods, and labeling requirements to promote safe use of the popular products, which allow parents and caregivers to bathe newborns and infants in a reclined position. Specifically, the standard covers sharp edges, small parts, labeling,…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org , Committee Contact: , Leonard Morrissey, tel +1.610.832.9719; lmorrissey@astm.org Release #10750 ###
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ASTM International’s toy safety subcommittee ( F15.22 ) is seeking help reviewing a tricycle standard that is slated to be transferred to its jurisdiction from the American National Standards Institute. The subcommittee is part of ASTM International’s larger consumer products committee ( F15 ). The ANSI standard (ANSI Z315.1) covers safety requirements for tricycles used by children eight and…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Molly Lynyak, tel +1.610.832.9743; mlynyak@astm.org Release #10983
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A new ASTM International standard establishes minimum training requirements for drone pilots in the public safety arena who work remotely. The new standard, soon to be published as F3379, was developed by ASTM International’s unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) committee (F38) with contributions from the homeland security applications committee (E54) and a joint working group on UAS public safety…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Mary Mikolajewski, tel +1.610.832.9678; mmikolajewski@astm.org Release #10954
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Casandra W. Robinson, physical scientist in the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Standards Coordination Office (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA), will serve a three-year term on the ASTM International board of directors. Robinson is responsible for the development of documentary standards and coordinating with NIST technical units, other federal agencies, industry, and…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #10946
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Carol Pollack-Nelson, Ph.D., owner of Independent Safety Consulting LLC (Rockville, Maryland, USA), will serve a three-year term on the ASTM International board of directors. Pollack-Nelson is also a human factors psychologist specializing in consumer product safety. She provides guidance to stakeholders on a wide range of product safety issues including foreseeable use and anticipated hazards.…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #10945
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ASTM International’s homeland security applications committee (known as E54) is looking for experts to help develop standards that will help first responders be safer and more effective when dealing with fentanyl and fentanyl-related compounds. First responders at federal, state, and local agencies use various types of equipment and assays in the field to characterize unknown and potentially…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Mary Mikolajewski, tel +1.610.832.9678; mmikolajewski@astm.org Release #10933
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ASTM International’s consumer products committee ( F15 ) invites all interested parties to join its subcommittee on powered scooters and skateboards as it further develops a proposed standard on electric-powered scooters for adults. According to ASTM International member David Dick, senior technical engineer, Bureau Veritas, the proposed standard ( WK70724 ) could cover the establishment of…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Molly Lynyak, tel +1.610.832-9743; mlynyak@astm.org Release #10924
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ASTM International’s consumer products committee ( F15 ) is seeking participation to develop a proposed standard for weighted blankets. According to ASTM International member Carol Pollack-Nelson, the subcommittee that will develop the proposed standard (F15.74) wants to determine performance requirements, warnings, and instructional literature that would make the blankets safer for consumers. “…
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The ASTM International board of directors unanimously voted to name Tim Brooke, ASTM International’s vice president of laboratory service and certification, as the new president and chief operating officer of the Safety Equipment Institute (SEI), an ASTM International affiliate. Brooke assumed the new role on Nov. 1 and is retaining his existing title. Brooke replaces Pat Gleason, who will…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #10908
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A proposed ASTM International standard aims to support the evaluation of wipes used to collect potential chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive (CBRNE) materials as well as drugs, such as trace narcotics. ASTM International’s homeland security applications committee ( E54 ) is developing the proposed standard (WK61465). ASTM International member Nancy Lin says the proposed…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Mary Mikolajewski, tel +1.610.832.9678; mmikolajewski@astm.org Release #10906