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Millions of Americans Have Smoke Alarms that Don't Work

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http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml03/03008.html  

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Description

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates that about 16 million homes in the U.S. have smoke alarms that do not work. The reason? The batteries are dead or missing.

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Review Date

4/25/2007