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Recent product recalls; birth control pills recalled

Recent product recalls; birth control pills recalled

BIRTH CONTROL PILLS Pfizer Inc. announced that it has voluntarily recalled 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 (norgestrel and ethinyl estradiol)Tablets and 14 lots of Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets (generic) for customers in the U.S. market. [ More ]

Someone stole my American Express card!

Someone stole my American Express card!

I wasn’t pickpocketed, not exactly, but someone tried to use my American Express account number. Fortunately, AmEx spotted the fraudulent activity and sent me an e-mail right away. Had I attempted to use my card to send a $17.75 Express Mail package with the Post Office that morning? I hadn’t. [ More ]

Recent product recalls

Recent product recalls

EXPANDABLE LUNCH BOXES About 248,000 expandable insulated lunch boxes with freezer gel packs imported by California Innovations Inc., of Toronto, Canada and sold at Costco Wholesale Clubs, Leon Korol, and Cost U Less stores between May 2007 and September 2008 for about $10. [ More ]

BBB names its Scams of the Year

BBB names its Scams of the Year

We’ve been warning everyone for years about protecting yourself from scam artists, but sometimes, the online pitches just seem so legit, you know? The website looks professional, there’s contact with people—what could be wrong with it? According to the Better Business Bureau, could be nothing, but it could be EVERYTHING. [ More ]

Recent product recalls

Recent product recalls

PORTABLE ELECTRIC HEATERS About 19,000 Honeywell Surround Select portable electric heaters sold at Best Buy, Meijer and Walmart stores nationwide from July 2011 through December 2011 for between $50 and $70. The heater’s internal housing, including the fan, heating element... [ More ]

Put smoke alarms on your shopping list

Put smoke alarms on your shopping list

If preventing fires and burns isn’t a hot issue at your house, it should be. Consider: Over 2,800 people die in home fires in the U.S. each year and roughly 140,000 are injured, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The deadly house fire in Stamford, Conn., last Christmas Eve is a painful reminder. [ More ]

Recent product recalls

Recent product recalls

EXCEDRIN, NO-DOZ, BUFFERIN, GAS-X PREVENTION All lots of select bottle packaging configurations of Excedrin and NoDoz products with expiry dates of Dec. 20, 2014 or earlier as well as Bufferin and Gas-X Prevention products with expiry dates of Dec. 20, 2013 or earlier, in the United States, are being recalled. [ More ]