Big Fireworks recalls Super Lightning Rockets due to burn hazard
About 4,700 Super Lightning Rockets are being recalled by Big Fireworks. The rockets are overloaded with pyrotechnic composition, violating the […]
Consumer Protection
Beware of door-to-door meat sellers
Every summer, the Better Business Bureau receives complaints from consumers who purchased meat from door-to-door sellers and were dissatisfied with
Latest phone scam targets your bank account
Denial-of-service attacks – when computer hackers take down websites by flooding them with large amounts of traffic – are being
Credit card companies circumvent new law
Issuers of credit cards are thinking up innovative ways to get around a new credit law, which was designed to
Recall of the Week: GE front-loading washing machines due to fire and shock hazard
GE is recalling about 181,000 front-load washing machines. A wire can break in the machine and make contact with a
Shrek drinking glasses are being recalled because they contain cadmium
About 12 million Shrek Forever After Collectable Drinking Glasses are being recalled because the designs on the glasses contain cadmium.
Federal agency releases names of problem Chinese drywall makers
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has released the names of the drywall manufacturers whose drywall emitted high levels of
Recall of the Week: Toy dart gun sets sold at Family Dollar Stores due to aspiration hazard
About 1.8 million toy dart gun sets sold by Family Dollar Stores Inc., of Charlotte, N.C., are being recalled due
Public Citizen calls for a boycott of BP
Public Citizen is calling on consumers to boycott BP in the wake of the April 20 explosion on a BP-leased