This story was originally published by ProPublica. Portable generators can save lives after major storms by powering medical equipment, heaters and refrigerators when the grid collapses. But desperate residents who rely on the machines to keep their families safe sometimes end up poisoning them
Portable generators are among the deadliest consumer products. Two decades after the government identified the danger, and as climate change leads to more power outages, people are left vulnerable by a system that lets the industry regulate itself.
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President Joe Biden nominated Richard Trumka Jr., a House aide and the son of AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Tuesday.
Trumka Jr. has worked as general counsel and staff director for the House Oversight and Reform s subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy since March 2019. He was an assistant attorney general in Maryland s Consumer Protection Division for 3 1/2 years before that.
The subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy has investigated a range of issues in the last few years, including the safety of children s booster seats, the electronic cigarette company JUUL, and Johnson & Johnson s talc-based baby powder.
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