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The magazine’s “don’t buy” designation marks the first time since 2001 that it issues such a warning to consumers. Toyota responds in less than a day by ordering dealers to cease sales of the the SUV while it conducts further tests.

Graco Children’s Products has recalled 1.5 million Passage, Alano and Spree strollers because of injuries caused by hinges on the canopy.  A U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announcement of the recall said, “Graco has received seven reports of children placing their fingers in the stroller’s canopy hinge mechanism while the canopy was being opened or [...]

Toyota Motor Corp. will recall some 2.3 million vehicles, including Corollas and Camrys, because of a problem with the gas pedal that can cause unintended acceleration.

John Timmer says “any influence of cell phones on brain cancer rates has to take decades to be apparent, and cell phones simply haven’t been in general use long enough for us to evaluate that risk.”

If enacted, Maine would become the first state “to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer.”

San Francisco may become the first city in the country to require cell phone sellers to provide information about the amount of radiation each phone emits.

The active drug ingredient, which is not listed on the product label, can be particularly hazardous to men taking nitroglycerin, and could lower blood pressure to dangerous levels. Consumers with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and heart disease are at particular risk.