Assess your consumer power during National Consumer Protection Week
This week is a good time to take stock of how you’re doing as a consumer. It’s National Consumer Protection […]
Consumer Protection
Recall of the Week: Fitness resistance tubes and kits due to cuts and bruises
About 229,000 fitness resistance tubes and kits manufactured by Dalps & Leisure Products Supply Corp. and imported by Dick's Sporting
Text message scam aimed at unemployed
Attorney General E. Scott Pruitt and the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission issued a warning this week on a text phishing
Misleading information on breast implant-related cancer to be removed from websites of plastic surgery organizations
Recently, I wrote about Public Citizen’s letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration notifying the agency that two plastic
Recall of the Week: Pier 1 Imports’ golden tea lights due to fire hazard
About 370,000 golden tea lights with ornamental holders in United States and 30,000 tea lights in Canada are being recalled
Consumers targeted by e-mail scam related to events in Egypt
The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection is warning consumers about a new version of the foreign e-mail scam. See my
Burlington Basket Company bassinets are being recalled due to fall hazard
About 500,000 Burlington Basket Company bassinets are being recalled. If the cross-bracing rails aren’t fully locked into position, the bassinets
What were your best and worst consumer experiences this week?
Which consumer happenings cheered you this week and which ones made you want to scream or weep? Here are my
Citizens’ group urges FDA to stop plastic surgery groups’ misleading advice on breast implant-related cancer
Nearly a third of the more than 289,000 women who selected breast implant surgery in 2009 were age 40 or