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The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is conducting a new study on bathtub slip resistance to help develop safety standards for bathtubs and showers. This study aims to evaluate how slippery different bathtub surfaces are and will be conducted by Arizona State University in Phoenix. Participants will be monitored for how safely they can step in and out of wet and dry bathtub surfaces. The information gathered will be used to work on replacing an outdated safety standard for bathing surfaces, and participants will be compensated $100 for their time.

The document is a notice inviting public comments on whether certain scientific instruments that organizations like Arizona State University and Tulane University wish to import duty-free are produced in the United States. These instruments, which include high-pressure apparatus, fiber lasers, and telescopic mirror test stands, are made by manufacturers from countries such as Germany, China, and Italy. Each application asserts that there are no equivalent instruments made in the U.S. Comments regarding these requests must be submitted by February 18, 2025.

The Department of Commerce approved requests from several universities, allowing them to import scientific instruments without paying duty fees. The universities, including Arizona State University and University of Colorado, among others, sought specialized equipment made in countries like Germany and China, which are not manufactured in the U.S. These instruments will be used for advanced research in fields such as high-pressure materials science, quantum information processing, and climate change studies. No public comments were received opposing the duty-free entry of these scientific items.