Consumerist
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bpa
FDA Declares Bisphenol A Safe
Bisphenol A, or BPA, is the chemical used in various plastic bottles and can linings that Canada recently banned, consumers in Arkansas, California, and Ohio have filed lawsuits over, and Playtex and Nalgene have stopped using. The fear is that it's toxic—studies on animals in Canada have shown that it's damaging, and some tests in the U.S. suggest it's harmful to humans as well. Critics of the anti-BPA movement point out that the human studies rely on super high dosages that never occur in real life, and that making safety decisions based on the general public's fears isn't exactly scientific.
Now—right before California decides whether to ban BPA in children's products—the FDA has revisited its earlier studies and reaffirmed that "the trace amounts of bisphenol A that leach out of food containers are not a threat to infants or adults." More »
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usury
Arkansas Attorney General To Payday Lenders: Shut Down Or I'll See You In Court
On March 18, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel sent letters to 156 payday lenders, ordering them to stop issuing new loans and void any current and past due loans or face legal action. McDaniel charges that the lenders are violating Arkansas's constitutional prohibition against usurious interest rates. More » -
safety
Man Arrested For Smashing "Dangerous" "Toy Lamp" Outside Walmart
Based on an advocacy group's "10 Most Dangerous Toys" list, an Arkansas man became convinced that a Dora the Explorer lamp sold at Walmart posed an imminent electrical shock threat to any children for whom which it was bought, so he conducted his own personal recall... More »
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scams
Auto Shop Owner Flees, Leaving Unfixed Cars, Unpaid Employees In Wake
Blaming insurance companies, Fox Collision of Arkansas closed all of a sudden, leaving customer's cars stranded in the middle of repairs, and employees with bounced checks. KTUL tracked the owner, Tod Foxx, down in Colorado, driving a Cadillac Escalade that Hertz has been looking for for 2 weeks. He has a new venture in wealthy ski resort town Aspen, selling leather wraps and blankets. In a letter, Fox asked employees to be patient as he tried to raise money to take care of the final week's payroll. Former employees have opted instead to file a class action lawsuit.
The Search For Todd Fox [KTUL] (Thanks to Nik!)
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whoops
Attention AT&T: Don't Lie About "Massive Outages," Reporters Have Phones Too
When Stephanie the AT&T "escalation affairs administrator" lied to Jan about why her phone couldn't be repaired for several days, she probably didn't know what Jan did for a living. More » -
arkansas
Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Condom in Sight
This Arkansas mayor's love story is a heartwarming tale, similar to Like Water for Chocolate. More »
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