As a result, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC) amended its safety standard for personal music players.
It was the worst road accident in New Mexico's history, and it led to road improvements and a new federal safety standard for bridges.
The CPSC estimates that exposure to children from furniture increased cancer risk by 20 additional cancers per million (two times the California safety standard of 10 cases per million).
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Last month the Democratic administration also put in place a final safety standard, vigorously opposed by business, which it says will prevent 460, 000 painful workplace injuries a year caused by repetitive motion.
But such efforts can fail to uncover some dangers: At least two garment factories at Rana Plaza had passed international labor and safety standard audits under a European trade organization which addressed specific safety concerns at the factories but didn't assess the stability of the building that housed them.
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The proposed standard, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 141, would fulfill Congress' mandate in the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act that hybrid and electric vehicles meet minimum sound requirements so that pedestrians are able to detect the presence, direction and location of these vehicles when they are operating at low speeds.
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In these cases, police spokespersons defend the actions of the officers by explaining that in these no-knock raids, securing the premises and eliminating immediate threats to officer safety is standard operating procedure.
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But AirNZ recently managed to jazz up a standard safety video with one that doubles as in-flight entertainment.
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It also criticised the flight crew for not adhering to standard safety checks.
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In spite of the downgrade, Treasuries remain the standard for safety.
Trucks are also being held to a higher standard of safety than ever before, a far cry from the bare-bones work vehicles that once dominated the market.
Built in the 1970s, the harbour has been given Blue Flag status by the Foundation for Environmental Education in recognition of both its effort to protect the local environment and its high standard of safety and service facilities.
All of these vehicles already include thousands of dollars of standard and optional safety features.
It also offers a range of new safety features, including 10 standard airbags, and a more refined interior.
"(Airlines) who are IATA member carriers actually have a far better safety rate than the industry standard, " Voss said.
The chief medical examiner's spokeswoman, Ellen Borakove, said the area first will be tested as part of a standard health and safety evaluation for possible toxicity.
Only next year will laws require frontal air bags and antilock braking systems on all cars, safety features that have been standard in industrial countries for years.
Southwark Council was responsible for a "serious failure" over materials used in Miss Hickman's flat that were below the required standard for fire safety, the jury found.
The industry's trade organization, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, frequently points out that the FDA already sets the worldwide standard for drug safety and that many of the medicines drug firms invent are lifesavers.
For one, the groups noted the analysis is a retrospective study, not a prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial, which many regard as a gold standard for ferreting out safety concerns.
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The Renewable Fuels Standard builds in "safety valves" in the event of extreme economic harm in states or regions or if the ethanol industry does not produce an adequate supply.
And you would want that in the care you receive, you would want that assurance of a standard being achieved and safety in the systems not a hotch- potch of local practice and incompatible and loss of data as you move from one institution to another.
The idea for a tighter standard is part of a safety board initiative outlined in a staff report and approved by the panel to eventually eliminate drunk driving, which accounts for about a third of all road deaths in the United States.
The goal is to set one national standard that will rapidly increase fuel efficiency -- without compromising safety -- by an average of 5 percent each year between 2012 and 2016, building on the 2011 standard my administration set shortly after taking office.
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Still, government health and safety organizations are standing by the more stringent standard of protection.
Indeed, the IMO has a successful record in anti-piracy initiatives, building on its longstanding standard-setting work on maritime safety, borders and environmental protection.
The British government is spending as much as it ever has in history, and the poor in Britain have access to a social safety net that is remarkably generous by any standard.
Count IBM in as one of the many companies looking to skyrocket the cost of our future cars, er, protect our lives by developing must-have active safety systems that are sure to become the standard fare in vehicles of the future.
Early positive results from T-DM1 demonstrated efficacy comparable to the current standard of care while exhibiting a better safety profile.
In fact, thanks to Al, business aircraft flown by two-pilot, simulator-trained flight crews have achieved a standard equal to or better than the impeccable safety record set by scheduled air carriers.
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