consumers

16 January 2025

Consumer Gold Cactus 2024, the black palm awarded by consumers

The French consumer magazine '60 Millions de Consommateurs' awards the Cactus Prize 2024 to companies that stand out for their lack of attention to safety and health [...]
5 October 2024

Right to repair of goods, EU directive 2024/1799

EU Directive 2024/1799 finally introduces common rules to promote the right to repair of goods. Consumers and repairers are thus encouraged to [...]
14 September 2024

Toxic Chemicals in Yoga Mats, KEMI Investigates

The Swedish Chemicals Agency (KEMI) has found some hormone-disrupting and cancer-causing toxic substances in yoga mats. KEMI investigation [...]
9 August 2024

Cars, consumption is much higher than declared. EC study

A study conducted by the European Commission shows that the fuel consumption of cars is much higher than what manufacturers declare. (1) A distortion [...]
2 February 2024

Fast fashion, when fashion devastates the environment

Excess production and consumption make fashion numbers opaque. The oversupply of low-cost clothing is 'the dirty secret of the textile industry' and [...]
27 January 2024

Mini locators for people, animals and objects

The French consumer magazine 60 Millions de Consommateurs publishes a comparison of trackers useful for tracking people, pets, objects and vehicles. These [...]
29 December 2023

Electricity, gas, car insurance, save with the Authority's comparators

Saving on electricity and gas bills and on car insurance costs requires at least annual monitoring of the tariffs offered by the various operators. As an alternative to [...]
29 January 2022

Right to repair. Work in progress in Europe

The European Commission is working on the right to redress. If you want to concretely apply the circular economy and have more sustainable products, you need to focus on [...]
15 January 2022

Chemical safety, new bans and rules in 2022

Chemical safety is still a mirage. However, the revision of European chemicals legislation is progressing slowly to protect consumers, workers and the environment. Between [...]
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