Loophole allows unsafe toys from overseas to flood market; inexpensive products often aren't inspected and don't meet U.S.

“When you pull back the curtain, it’s terrifying,” said Teresa Murray, Consumer Watchdog Director for U.S. PIRG Education Fund and author of Trouble in Toyland 2024, PIRG’s 39th annual report. “We ...

Shoppers on Etsy are looking for unique handmade gifts. What they’re not looking for is to be duped by fake deals. Etsy is allowing sellers to use fake countdown timers to make it look like discounts ...

As the President of her student group, Emma advocates for sustainable fashion by educating her peers and hosting sustainable fashion events.

A recent study attempted to measure the air quality near the University of California, Riverside. Researchers gave out ...

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Victoriano Rosales, from San Diego, makes repairs to a medical device in the bio medical ...

“Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) will hold his latest hearing on the problem of high credit card fees this Tuesday (11-19) at 10 a.m. The fees are controlled by a cartel of just two companies-Visa ...

WASHINGTON — Ford Motor Co. must pay $165 million for failing to properly recall unsafe vehicles, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced on Thursday. That civil penalty, ...

In late 2022, Rachel Carnahan-Metzger of Austin, TX rushed her young daughter to the hospital via ambulance due to a fall.

LOS ANGELES – City leaders from Los Angeles and Berkeley discussed their cities’ programs to reduce single-use plastic waste during CALPIRG’s “Crafting Clean Cities” webinar on Wednesday. During the ...

Today we delivered 9,075 signatures from U.S. PIRG Education Fund members to the CFPB asking it to move forward with a rule that will help better protect Americans’ data in the digital age. Data ...