Baby Food Rules Allow Too Many Toxins According To Congress

Ingredient in many baby foods, including some organic foods are contaminated with heavy metals like arsenic, lead and cadmium at levels far higher than those allowed in products like bottled water congressional investigators reported. Their report underscored the federal government’s lax approach to overseeing the safety of baby food despite

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Fire Extinguisher Company Ordered to Pay $12 Million Penalty for Delay and Misrepresentations in Reporting Product Defects

A federal judge ordered Kidde Portable Equipment Inc. (Kidde) to pay a $12 million civil penalty in connection with allegations that the company failed to timely inform the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) about problems with fire extinguishers manufactured by the company, the Department of Justice announced. Kidde, based in

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Audit Slams P.U.C. On Deadly Limo Fire

A recent state audit provides evidence that California’s oversight of limousines, shuttles, charter busses and other passenger carriers is “insufficient to ensure consumer safety” in the aftermath of a deadly limo fire on the San Mateo Bridge.  We have written about this fire on several occasions.  The general public has

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