Always check the ingredients label of processed food for synthetic dyes and for high levels of added sugar. If a product contains either, you are better off not buying it, especially for your kids. About 19 percent of packaged foods and beverages contain synthetic food dyes, according to research evaluating... Read more →

AstroAI is recalling about 249,100 minifridges because the electrical switch can short circuit, posing fire and burn risks. At least 70 reports of the minifridges smoking, burning, melting, or catching fire have been received by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Two fires resulted in extensive property damages, totaling more... Read more →

More than 170 personal care products can be found on store shelves in California, even though they contain toxic chemicals banned under state law. That’s the result of a review by the state’s Department of Public Health as part of the California Safe Cosmetics Program. Chemicals found in the products... Read more →

Auto sales, consumer credit issues, and scams and frauds remain some of the most pressing problems Americans face, according to the Consumer Federation of America, or CFA, in its annual “Consumer Complaint Survey Report 2024.” These findings come as the Trump administration pursues a historic rollback of the Consumer Financial... Read more →

About 86 percent of Americans plan to celebrate July Fourth, the birth of the nation, this year and food spending for the holiday is expected to reach $8.9 billion, according to a survey conducted for the National Retail Federation. With July Fourth one of the biggest holidays of the year... Read more →

Walmart will pay $10 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it turned a blind eye to scammers who used its in-store money transfer services to take hundreds of millions of dollars from U.S. consumers. The settlement, which requires the approval of U.S. District Judge Manish Shah, was filed... Read more →

Photo: Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine MoneyGram, an international money transfer provider that serves hundreds of thousands of customers in the United States every year, has agreed to pay $250,000 for failing to follow consumer protection laws and jeopardizing their customers’ money transfers. In April 2022, the... Read more →

Ads are beginning already for July Fourth sales, so it’s a good idea to start comparing prices. In addition to sales at your favorite retailer, in store or on-line, you can check out prices at Amazon Prime Day, July 8 to 11. Look-alikes Target, Walmart, and lately Walgreens also are... Read more →

Americans owe $1.36 trillion in credit card debt, which comes out to about $10,800 for each household. Credit card debt is expected to increase by another $100 billion this year. Spending beyond your means on a credit card can cost a lot in interest, and it can damage your credit... Read more →

For years, I’ve written about the need to warn the American public about the link between drinking alcoholic and cancer through labeling alcoholic beverages. I was among those didn’t know about the link until about eight years ago when I received an email on it. Last week, the American Medical... Read more →