As President Bush gets ready to leave office, the American Association for Justice (AAJ) will be montering 21 possible regulations that could prove devastating to consumers’ safety and their right to hold corporations accountable for producing dangerous products. Regulations to have 60 days to go into effect before President Bush leaves office and that deadline is quickly approaching.
“In their final days, we hope the Bush administration will keep in mind the safety of consumers over the corporate profits they have sought to protect time and time again,” said AAJ President Les Weisbrod.
The list which includes safety standards for over-the-counter drugs, sunscreens, automobile safety standards, and crashworthiness of railroad cars transporting hazardous materials mostly contains the “preemption” language that could prohibit using the civil justice system as a means to hold manufacturers responsible for unsafe products.
The pending regulations AAJ has been following include six from the Food and Drug Administration, nine from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), three from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a regulation from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and a regulation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
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