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Consumer Reports statement on the introduction of the SECURE Data Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Consumer Reports issued the following statement on the introduction of the Securing and Establishing Consumer Uniform Rights and Enforcement (SECURE) over Data…

April 22, 2026

Tech & Privacy

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California Bill Requiring Protein Powder Makers to Test Products For Heavy Metals and Disclose Results OKed by Senate Environmental Quality Committee

Consumer Reports Survey Finds Strong Public Support For Mandating Testing and Reporting of Toxic Elements in Protein Powders and Shakes SACRAMENTO, CA – The California…

April 22, 2026

Food

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Black Women-Owned Businesses Join Consumer Reports in Urging NY Lawmakers to Pass the Beauty Justice Act

ALBANY, NY—Consumer Reports (CR) and Black women-owned businesses are at the New York State Capitol today to urge the State Assembly to pass the Beauty…

April 21, 2026

Product Safety

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One Year After RFK Called For Phase Out of Harmful Dyes, Some Major Food Companies Haven’t Made Commitments, No Drug Companies Have Pledged to Act

Consumer Reports Calls on FDA to Enact a Ban on Toxic Dyes; CR Survey Finds Strong Public Support for Requiring Companies to Stop Using the…

April 21, 2026

Food

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Consumer Reports statement on Maryland’s Protection from Predatory Pricing Act

Annapolis, Maryland – Maryland’s legislature recently passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act. If signed by Governor Wes Moore, it will be the first law…

April 15, 2026

Tech & Privacy

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Virginia Governor signs landmark location privacy bill into law

Virginia’s new law will ban the sale of precise consumer location data Richmond, VA – Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger today signed into law legislation to…

April 14, 2026

Tech & Privacy

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Consumer Reports Finds Toxic Chemicals in Every Hair Dye Tested, Calls for Immediate Industry and Legislative Action

As federal regulations lag behind international safety standards, Consumer Reports calls on the New York Assembly to pass the Beauty Justice Act and not let…

April 14, 2026

Product Safety Health

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Consumer Reports urges veto of comprehensive privacy bill in Alabama

Montgomery, Alabama—Consumer Reports urges Governor Kay Ivey to veto HB 351, a weak consumer data privacy bill that passed the Alabama Legislature last week with…

April 13, 2026

Tech & Privacy

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Faulty Carbon Monoxide Detectors Sold on Amazon Linked to Four Hospitalizations, Including Two Children; Consumer Reports Calls for Immediate Action

WASHINGTON, DC—Consumer Reports (CR) has identified four hospitalizations, including two children, in a month linked to a Hembisen (also appears as HEMBISEN) carbon monoxide (CO)…

April 7, 2026

Product Safety

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Consumer Reports backs bipartisan legislation to combat predatory online scams

Washington, DC – Consumer Reports announced its support for the Safeguarding Consumers from Advertising Misconduct (SCAM) Act, bipartisan legislation aimed at cracking down on predatory…

April 2, 2026

Tech & Privacy