ShopSmart: Know Your Consumer Rights
Avoid Rip-Offs and Get What You Pay For This Holiday Season and All-Year-Round YONKERS, NY — There’s a lot more to being a truly savvy shopper than getting the lowest price. Whether you’re buying holiday presents or shopping for yourself,...

Inside the November 2009 Issue of ShopSmart
The latest issue of ShopSmart hits newsstands on November 17, 2009. From the publisher of Consumer Reports, ShopSmart helps buyers make smart purchasing decisions on items they need every day. FEATURES: Food Label Tricks & Truths. That food you put...

ShopSmart: Food Label Tricks and Truths
What’s Really in the Stuff You’re Eating? ShopSmart Debunks Food Label Myths YONKERS, NY — Food marketers know that we all want food that’s good for us and tastes good too. But all too often they use come-ons to decorate...

Consumer Reports Health News - November 2009
Welcome to Consumer Reports Health News for health and medical journalists. Consumer Reports and ConsumerReportsHealth.org cover issues pertaining to the efficacy and safety of prescription and non-prescription drugs (including natural medicines), mental health, diet and nutrition, food safety, and fitness....

CRMA: Five Tips on How to Get the Most Out of Consumer Protection Laws
YONKERS, NY — If you’ve gotten a raw deal from a retailer, the law is often on your side, but many consumers are unaware of these protections when trying to solve disputes. People often make the wrong assumptions about what...

CR Index: Interest Up In Buying Personal Electronics
Consumer Sentiment, Trouble Tracker & Stress Levels Show Slight Improvement YONKERS, NY — With just a little more than two weeks to go until the traditional Black Friday shopping blitz, consumers are showing more interest in purchasing personal electronics. One...

CR Health: Seven of 20 Condoms Tested Earn Perfect Score
More Than 15,500 condoms subjected to CR’s tough tests---inflating, bursting, and submerging YONKERS, NY — Consumer Reports Health has some good news you can take right to the bedroom. That is, once you make a stop at the pharmacy. In...

Best Electronics for the Holiday Shopping Season
More than 400 Product Ratings for LCD & Plasma TVs, Blu-Ray Players, Computers, Digital & SLR Cameras, Headphones and More YONKERS, NY — The Annual Consumer Reports Electronics Issue hits newsstands this month with a record number of product reviews...

Subaru Legacy Outpoints Ford Fusion in AWD Family Sedans
Toyota Camry and Mazda3 also perform well in CR’s latest tests YONKERS, NY — The redesigned Subaru Legacy outpointed the freshened Ford Fusion in Consumer Reports’ latest tests of family sedans with all-wheel drive. Also included in the sedans test...

CRs Tests Find Wide Range of Bisphenol A in Canned Soups, Juice, and more
Highest Levels of BPA Were Detected in Some Samples of Green Beans and Soups For Some People, Dietary Exposure Could Approach Levels Shown to Cause Harm in Animal Studies; FDA’s Safety Standards for BPA Inadequate and Out of Date YONKERS,...