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Recalls
Today is unusually busy at CPSC. The standout recalls involve 250,000 minifridges with a fire hazard, 48,700 tabletop fire pits capable of flame jetting, more than 41,000 baby swings/jumpers, and a playground slide linked to a child's death.
AI/Privacy
AI shopping assistants are moving beyond product searches toward choosing sellers and, eventually, completing purchases for consumers.
Recalls
There are several new FDA safety items worth flagging today, including one potentially fatal drug recall and an FDA warning about toxic weight-loss products.
Health
Washing fresh fruits and vegetables is still a good idea. But outbreaks involving Cyclospora, Salmonella and other pathogens demonstrate why consumers shouldn't think of rinsing produce as a guarantee of safety.
Money
Consumers are being squeezed from all directions as prices and interest rates climb while household debt levels climb.
Health
Yale researchers found that semaglutide appears to activate — rather than suppress — brain cells normally associated with hunger
Consumer Protection
Pop-up messages claim victims' computers or financial accounts have been compromised.
Money
Consumers are constantly bombarded with come-ons for gold investment "opportunities." Some of these are downright fraudulent and the rest are a big, shall we say, optimistic. Here's what the experts tell us.
Consumer Protection
What does "home equity sharing" really mean? Is it just like a loan?
Recalls
A busy week for recalls, including ladders, compounded injections and scuba regulators.
Health
The Department of Veterans Affairs is launching a large Phase 3 trial of semaglutide as a treatment for alcohol use disorder.
Insurance
Health coverage is becoming another fixed expense that households are forced to reconsider.