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They line the nursery section children's toy stores like brightly colored candies: rubber duckies for bathtime, chewable rings for teething, soft-covered books for pawing and mouthing. Parents shopping for their babies can be forgiven if they assume that everything on those shelves is 100% child safe. So why...
They may soon find out. The San Francisco Chronicle recently had 16 toys tested in a private lab. One rubber ducky contained the phthalate DEHP at 13 times San Francisco's allowed level. A teether contained another phthalate at five times the limit. Meanwhile, a rattle, two waterproof books and...
If you have tried browsing your local drugstore shelf for a box of Sudafed to clear up those autumn sniffles, you may have discovered that it's MIA. One of its active ingredients is pseudoephedrine, widely used in backyard labs to make methamphetamine. Several states had already ordered pseudoephedrine off...
Sony is also launching a Ferrari when a Porsche (the 360) or Mazda (the Wii) may work fine for many families. Games such as Brain Age and Guitar Hero, which attract the mainstream audience, often don't require the most advanced hardware--it's their novelty, storytelling and fun factor...
Things could become a lot more simpler in the coming months, however. Reliance Industries Limited, India's biggest conglomerate with interests in everything from oil refining to mobile phones, plans to open more than 2,000 supermarkets in the next two years. The company opened its first 11 stores in...