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Medical Examiners and Coroners Alert Project (MECAP) Newsletter

MECAP

 

The Medical Examiners and Coroners Alert Project (MECAP) is designed to collect timely information on deaths involving consumer products. Please contact us whenever you encounter a death or situation which you believe should be considered during a safety evaluation of a product. Please call our toll free number, 1-800-638-8095 or fax number 1-800-809-0924 to report a case or inquire about reporting a case. Learn more about MECAP or download the MECAP Newsletter Flyer (PDFs)

 

MECAP Newsletter

October 2011
January 2011
March 2010
June 2009

Previous editions are available as part of our former newsletter
the Consumer Product Safety Review (CPSR)

The above documents are in PDF, meaning that the document is in portable document format.
Viewing these publications requires downloading and installing, if you have not already done
so, the Adobe Acrobat™ Reader. There is no cost to download and install the Reader.

 

Benefits of MECAP

  • Educate and alert the public from unsafe usage of hazardous products

  • Provides the opportunity to investigate an incident while the details of the incident are still fresh

  • Network with colleagues on shared challenges

  • Greater opportunity to remove hazardous products from the marketplace

  • Subscription of current MECAP topics

  • Multiple reporting options, including possibility for payment

Reporting a MECAP
  • Phone: 1-800-638-8095
  • Fax: 1-800-809-0924
  • Online Mecap: https://www.saferproducts.gov
  • Mail:
    U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
    Medical Examiners and Coroners Alert Project (MECAP)
    Attn: Yolanda Nash
    4330 East-West Highway, Ste 604
    Bethesda, MD 20814
  



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