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Retired Safety Inspector Picks Up Slack For CPSC In Brooklyn

Martin Bennett is a 69-year-old former inspector for the Consumer Product Safety Commission who retired over six years ago. Now he spends his free time monitoring auction sites for recalled products, sending alerts to stores that carry merchandise he considers dangerous, and passing along tips to the CPSC. It's the sort of stuff any consumer can do—except, of course, he actually knows what he's doing: "The agency currently has only 90 inspectors for the whole country, and it says it wants to add more. Since retiring, Mr. Bennett has passed along scores of tips to the CPSC, which says it welcomes the input."
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9:12 AM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Chris Walters
1,658 views, 12 comments

Latest by kimsama: @RBecho: Indeed. People like this contribute a lot of value to our society. Their fun = something someone else would have to be paid to do. That's pretty cool, especially when the people who are getting paid aren't really doing much. @Dr. Eirik: Bravo. It's awesome to more »