Summer is officially underway. As children spend more time playing outdoors, there will be a significant increase in injuries. W.A.T.C.H., World Against Toys Causing Harm, says that raising awareness about recurring safety traps, many linked to serious injuries or deaths in past summers, can help protect families. W.A.T.C.H.’s list of... Read more →

Early in the Trump administration, I felt reassured. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, or CPSC, was continuing to regularly issue recalls for unsafe products, just like it has for decades. Not so fast. The Trump administration is now calling for the elimination of the agency – not slashing its budget,... Read more →

Unsafe consumer products led to more injuries in 2024 than in any of the previous seven years. The Consumer Product Safety Commission or CPSC linked 869 injuries to products recalled during the year, according to “Safe At Home in 2025?,” an analysis by U.S. PIRG Education Fund, a research organization,... Read more →

LaRose Industries is recalling about 224,100 jewelry-making kits that contain a resin which, when liquid, can cause skin, eye, and respiratory irritation. Cra-Z-Art Gemex/Gel2Gem jewelry kits contain an acrylate that exceeds limits allowed in children’s products by the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. Although the resin is harmful as a liquid,... Read more →

Yoto is reannouncing a recall of 251,165 Yoto Mini Speakers for children due to burn and fire risks. The speaker’s lithium-ion battery can overheat and catch fire, the U.S. Consumer Product Commission said in a statement. Yoto has received nine reports from U.S. consumers and three from a U.K. consumer... Read more →

The holidays are usually filled with good wishes and joy. However, things can go very wrong quickly. Think safety first while cooking, decorating and buying toys. In 2023, an estimated 154,700 children 12 years or younger were treated in emergency rooms due to toy-related injuries, and 10 children died in... Read more →

Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone, but the deals don’t stop in December. December has plenty of worthwhile deals especially if you can wait until after Christmas. In fact, you can snap up gifts for birthdays and other occasions in 2025 for great savings. Green Monday Green... Read more →

It’s finally here. The Black Friday deals we’ve been waiting for. But, is a deal actually a deal? Or, it is, as I warn frequently, marked way up and marked way down? Here are some Black Friday do’s and don’ts: Do’s Compare prices continually. Make sure you’re actually getting a... 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 →

With 31 percent of American consumers planning to spend less during the 2024 holiday season compared to 2023, WalletHub, a personal-finance website, released a report Wednesday on the “Best Things to Buy on Black Friday in 2024.” WalletHub found that 41 percent of items offer no savings compared with their... Read more →