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- How safe are the chemicals in your shampoo, toothpaste?
Each day you and your family interact with dozens of chemicals – in your shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste and household cleaners. But did you know that our laws don’t require most of these chemicals to be tested safe? Some 70,000 chemicals are used in consumer products, but only 200 have been safety tested by the Environmental Continue Reading
- A banner year for product safety
From the Consumer Reports Safety Blog: We can’t remember a year when product safety garnered so much public attention. Consumer confidence was shaken as we saw recall after recall on toys, tires, toothpaste, and more. We dubbed 2007 “The Year of the Recall.”
- Quiz: Shedding some light on candle safety
- Nancy Baker: A daughter’s drowning leads to pool safety reforms
- Taking Food & Drug Safety Seriously
“China’s former top drug regulator was sentenced to death Tuesday for taking bribes to approve untested medicines, as the country’s main quality control agency announced its first recall system targeting unsafe food products.”
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