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Food Policy Insider: August 2026

Consumer Reports’ monthly roundup of its efforts to promote a safe and healthy food system. This month’s Food Policy Insider will cover: Lessons Being Learned…

August 6, 2026

Food Health

Press Release

Consumer Reports evaluation of major crypto exchanges reveal gaps in consumer privacy, safety, usability, and transparency

Evaluation finds exchanges promote impulsive trading behavior through incentives and gamification tactics such as rewards, sweepstakes, and challenges Washington, DC – Consumer Reports released a…

August 4, 2026

Tech & Privacy

Press Release

Consumer Reports: Product Injury Data Should Be Modernized — but the CPSC Doesn’t Need Patients’ Personal Medical Records to Do It

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) can investigate injury trends and bring its data into the 21st century without a contractor collecting consumers’ personal information…

August 4, 2026

Product Safety

Press Release

More Than 430,000 Toddler Towers Recalled in Under a Year: Consumer Reports Urges Completion of Strong Safety Standard

CR testing flagged safety failures in five of 11 recalled models before the recalls were announced. Recalls can help protect people from safety risks, but…

August 3, 2026

Product Safety

Press Release

More than 3,700 North Carolina consumers speak out against excessive electricity rate hikes

Consumer Reports calls on the NCUC to curb excessive rate increases from Duke Energy and protect ratepayers during the AI data center boom Raleigh, NC…

July 30, 2026

Tech & Privacy Energy Money

Disease by a Thousand Cuts: The Cumulative Effects of Chemicals in Food

Consumers are exposed to hundreds of chemicals in their food every day—some added as ingredients and additives, others that migrate in from the packaging and…

July 29, 2026

Food Health

Consumer Reports engages state leaders at the 2026 National Conference of State Legislatures

Consumer Reports advocates are attending the National Conference of State Legislatures in Chicago to engage with policymakers on a variety of pressing issues for consumers,…

July 27, 2026

Tech & Privacy Product Safety Money Health Energy Food

Press Release

New Jersey becomes third state to curb personalized pricing

The Fair Price Protection Act is the first law of its kind to allow consumers to take action when their rights have been violated Trenton,…

July 23, 2026

Tech & Privacy

Press Release

Consumer Reports statement on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s passage of the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act

Washington, DC – Consumer Reports issued the following statement following the unanimous, bipartisan vote by the House Energy and Commerce Committee to advance the Ratepayer…

July 22, 2026

Tech & Privacy Energy

Cyclospora Outbreak 2026: What Consumers Need to Know and What Must Change

Last Updated: July 16, 2026 Thousands of people across the United States have been sickened by cyclosporiasis, a gastrointestinal illness caused by a microscopic parasite.…

July 16, 2026

Food Health