Consumer Reports Advocacy

06/02/2026

06/01/2026

Consumer Reports’ recent testing of hair dye found risky chemicals in every product tested, including probable carcinogens.

If you live in New York, join us in supporting the Beauty Justice Act, a bill that would ban the most toxic chemicals from personal care products.

Personal care and beauty products – ranging from cosmetics to lotion to shampoo – shockingly have very few national health or...

06/01/2026

Utilities across the country are proposing big energy rate increases while so many households are struggling to make ends meet. Join CR in calling on state leaders to hold big utility companies accountable and bring down energy costs—sign our petition:

Tell state leaders to hold utility companies accountable

05/28/2026

Consumer Reports' James E. Rogers, PhD, discusses CR's testing of braiding hair products for toxic chemicals and our ongoing work for safer products.

Read more in New York Post:

There’s a groundswell of entrepreneurs trying to create safer products — but no real set of standards to speak of.

05/21/2026

New York: Join CR in supporting the Beauty Justice Act—a bill that would ban the most toxic chemicals from personal care products. Click here to make a call to your Assemblymember now:

Personal care and beauty products ranging from cosmetics to lotion to shampoo shockingly have very few national health or safety...

04/29/2026

It’s time to get artificial dyes out of school foods.

Join CR and Environmental Working Group on 4/30 at 12 pm ET for a live-streamed conversation with journalist and author Mark Bittman and other experts about how NY help make school lunches healthier. RSVP:

03/09/2026

Our new tests found that more than half of the infant formulas tested contain concerning levels of heavy metals like arsenic and lead. Join us in telling the FDA: ensure all infant formula is safe for babies. Sign our petition: https://action.consumerreports.org/sm-20260303-infantformula2?EXTKEY=YAOCIALOFB

02/13/2026

You should be able to go where you want without being tracked. Yet many cell phone apps collect and sell your location data without your knowledge. Join Consumer Reports in urging state leaders to ban the sale of your location data. Sign our petition today:

Sign petition to stop cell phone tracking

02/12/2026

Many mobile apps collect and sell your precise location information without your knowledge. Urge your state leaders to ban the sale of our phone location data. Sign our petition today:

Sign petition to stop cell phone tracking

02/06/2026

No one should pay extra for proven safety features in their car. Yet, many automakers still charge hundreds to thousands for them. Sign our petition today urging automakers to make safety standard, not a costly add-on.

Tell automakers to make proven safety features standard in all vehicles they produce