Consumer Protection

Personal care product giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) recently unveiled a new preservative tracker, which lets consumers know which preservatives are included in various categories of P&G’s products, such as baby wipes, skin care, and hair care products. Consumers can search the tracker by ingredient or by product type.

Statement by Mike Litt at the U.S. PIRG Education Fund, on the latest announced Yahoo data breach.

We've joined leading consumer and pediatrician organizations in a joint news release with a sharp critique of a U.S. appellate court decision overturning a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ban on the sale of high-powered small magnets (some as small as BBs) that pose a severe ingestion problem for children and youth. As our Trouble In Toyland report released on November 22 pointed out: "Nearly 80 percent of high-powered magnet ingestions require invasive medical intervention, either through an endoscopy, surgery, or both. In comparison, only 10 to 20 percent of other foreign body ingestions require endoscopic intervention and almost none require surgery."

Calling on Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler, Dennis Heck and Dan Neuhouse to protect Washington consumers from Wall Street's attacks on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, WashPIRG launched the “Washington Campaign To Defend the CFPB” today. 

Some toys that have been recalled for lead, powerful magnets, or other hazards  can still be available for sale in online stores, according to WashPIRG Public Interest Research Group Foundation’s 31st annual Trouble in Toyland report. The survey of potentially hazardous toys found that consumers should be wary when shopping this holiday season.