More than 30 years after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration determined that the synthetic food dye Red No. 3 causes cancer, the agency is revoking the use of the dye in food and ingested drugs in response to a 2022 petition. The petition, filed by the Center for Science... Read more →
It’s been quite a year, 2024. So much has been happening in consumer and personal finance. I’ve been writing my blog since 2008, with 5,200 articles posted and nearly 1 million page views. Thank you for your readership during 2024. Here are the top articles on my blog that people... Read more →
It’s been quite a year, 2024, in many, many ways. Consumers have been pushed and pulled, then slammed to the ground with the election president who has a record of not acting in the interest of consumers. When he was president, Trump proposed doing away with the ability of states... Read more →
This huge recall involves a lithium-ion battery that has special disposal requirements. About 488,000 Charmast power banks are being recalled because the lithium-ion battery in the recalled power banks can overheat and ignite, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers. Charmast has received 44 reports of the recalled power banks... Read more →
Photo: Simon Law The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday banned all uses of the solvent trichloroethylene, or TCE, a toxin that can cause health issues such as cancer. The agency also banned all consumer and many commercial uses of perchloroethylene, or PCE, an industrial solvent which is used for... Read more →
Last week, I wrote about toxic “forever chemicals,” per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals known as PFAS, in drinking water because the latest tests by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency showed more than 11 million additional people were found to have PFAS in their drinking water. When I was figuring out which... Read more →
More than 11 million additional people have the toxic “forever chemicals,” per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals known as PFAS, in their drinking water, new tests of the nation’s drinking water supply by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency show. The tests confirm the presence of one or more PFAS compounds at 2,394... Read more →
In an NPR interview, a woman who voted for Donald Trump said she was very happy that the country is going to get smaller government. What she doesn’t realize is that in many aspects of consumer life, governments have had to struggle against corporations to get any kind of regulations... Read more →
Parents need to guard against potential hazards associated with some toys currently on the market, including toy guns that may be mistaken for real weapons, plush toys that pose suffocation risks, toys with small parts that present choking hazards, and projectile toys that could cause eye injuries, World Against Toys... Read more →
The rains are well underway here in the Seattle area. If you haven’t finished your fall yard work, now is the time for action. In my yard, it’s leaves, leaves, leaves. Fortunately, my forester friend who takes care of my trees likes to rake. Otherwise, I’d be out there daily.... Read more →