In the years since the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission launched SaferProducts.gov in March 2011, more than 29,000 reports of potentially dangerous products have been filed with the searchable database.

Now, five leading consumer groups, have analyzed the data collected on the site, finding that it provides a valuable, but underutilized, resource for anyone buying products.

“SaferProducts.gov is something more consumers should know about,” said Rachel Weintraub, senior counsel for the Consumer Federation of America, which analyzed the data along with the groups Kids in Danger, Public Citizen, Consumers Union and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG). “It has not gotten on most consumers’ radar screens,” she said.

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