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"Made in China." It's the calling card of a staggering percentage of products that Americans buy. And what does that phrase conjure for you? Poorly made? Dangerous? Ask America's top product safety official about Chinese-made products and you're going to get a different answer. She said change is...

Baby slings, an accessory that engenders strong feelings from parents and safety advocates on opposite sides, is being targeted by the U.S. Consumer Product Commission for a warning that they can be dangerous to infants. "We know of too many deaths in these slings and we now know the hazard...

UPDATE: Walmart announced it is pulling the products identified as containing cadmium that are carried in its stores. "We will immediately remove from sale those items identified in recent media reports regarding cadmium while our own investigation is being completed, and until more is known,"...

If you're going to make a dent in toy safety, your first stop has to be China. An estimated nine out of 10 toys sold in the U.S. comes from that nation's factories.For Inez Tenenbaum, who President Obama appointed as the new chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, dealing with toy...

For years, a handful of companies that manufactured products consumers told them were dangerous seemingly violated the federal consumer safety rules as a business decision. They had a decision to make: quickly report the problem (as the law requires) and repair or replace hundreds of thousands of...

An American subsidiary of the Chinese electronics and appliances giant Haier Group was assessed a $587,500 penalty for failing to promptly disclose that it knew wires were breaking in its fans, posing a risk of fire, thus delaying its recall.Haier America Trading Llc. agreed to pay the fine to...

At long last, President Obama has named his choice for a new leader of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. But the choice of Inez Tenenbaum is a bit out of left field. She is a prominent Democrat, rumored at one point to become Obama's education secretary. She has no background in product...