Topic: consumer protections

Children play in a large mirrored object at the Science Museum on it's official re-opening day on August 19, 2020 in London, England. The Science Museum reopens its doors to the public today, nearly five months after the Coronavirus pandemic shut down all public spaces. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

CPSC in knots over dangerous magnets

Eli Wolfe - FairWarning
US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo (US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau/Getty Images/Salon)

Trump's CFPB Director pushed to resign

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
HydroxyChloroquine pills spilling out of a bottle (Getty Images)

Watchdog targets "abortion reversal"

Stephanie Russell-Kraft - FairWarning
A crash test dummy sits inside a Toyota Coralla as it is shown during the 2017 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, January 10, 2017. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

Star safety ratings in breakdown lane

Eric Kulisch - FairWarning
FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, file photo, returned boxes of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Note 7 smartphones are placed at a shop of South Korean mobile carrier in Seoul, South Korea. On Tuesday, March 28, 2017, Samsung said it's considering bringing the recalled, fire-prone Note 7 back to market as a refurbished or rental phone after consulting with regulatory authorities and carriers and assessing local demands. Samsung killed the Note 7 phone after dozens of phones overheated and caught on fire. Samsung conducted extensive tests since then and has blamed multiple design and manufacturing defects in batteries made by two different companies. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) (AP)

Consumer rights need enforcement

Anne Fleming - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Safety taking a back seat

Myron Levin - FairWarning
(AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Consumer protections in danger?

David Dayen - In These Times