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Amazon and Target Will Stop Sales of Weighted Baby Sleep Sacks and Weighted Baby Swaddles Due to Safety Concerns

The retailers’ news comes as a U.S. senator calls for a federal investigation into Dreamland Baby and Nested Bean WASHINGTON, DC – Consumer Reports (CR)…

April 26, 2024

Product Safety
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Consumer Reports applauds FCC vote to restore Net Neutrality rules

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 in favor of restoring open internet rules and the agency’s Title II authority for broadband. This…

April 25, 2024

Tech & Privacy
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Connecticut’s landmark Artificial Intelligence bill clears the Senate

Hartford, CT – The Connecticut state Senate advanced a broad artificial intelligence (AI) bill today. If the bill is passed by the Connecticut House of…

April 24, 2024

Tech & Privacy
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California bill to shield school children from harmful food dyes clears another legislative hurdle in Assembly

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – On April 23, the California Assembly’s Committee on Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials voted to advance a bill to ban six harmful food dyes…

April 24, 2024

Food
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Consumer Advocacy, Food Delivery, Public Safety, and E-Bike Industry Sectors Call on Congress to Set a Safety Standard for Lithium-Ion Batteries to Prevent E-Bike Fires

WASHINGTON, DC – Consumer Reports (CR), Grubhub, the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and twenty-one other organizations sent joint letters today calling on the…

April 23, 2024

Product Safety

Joint Letters Calling on the House and Senate to Set a Safety Standard for Lithium-Ion Batteries to Prevent E-Bike Fires

Consumer Reports (CR), Grubhub, the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and twenty-one other organizations sent joint letters today calling on the House and Senate…

April 23, 2024

Product Safety
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Consumer Reports urges Nebraska legislature to strengthen new privacy law

Lincoln, NE —Consumer Reports calls on the Nebraska legislature to strengthen L.B. 1294, a consumer data privacy bill that was included in L.B. 1074, and…

April 19, 2024

Tech & Privacy
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Consumer Reports applauds Senate vote to reject measure that would have blocked EPA clean car rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today voted to reject a bill (S. 4072) that would have blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing a…

April 18, 2024

CarsEnergy
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Consumer Reports Calls for Recall of Chibebe Snuggle Pods Due to Infant Suffocation Hazard

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a public warning today urging consumers to immediately stop using Chibebe Snuggle Pods because…

April 18, 2024

Product Safety
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Consumer Reports urges House Financial Services Committee to reject repeal of CFPB’s limits on credit card late fees

CR also calls on committee to oppose bills to allow earned wage access cash advances and other new fintech services without needed consumer protections WASHINGTON,…

April 17, 2024

Money
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