IS THIS SAFE TO BUY?

The article discusses the issue of product safety and offers ways to ensure that products are safety-tested. It mentions the gap in the product safety system with only 70 out of 15,000 product categories overseen by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission are governed by a mandatory standard. It cites steps to take to determine if a product is safe or not, including reading the labels and calling the manufacturer if a label or standard is missing on the product.