InvestigateTV - Season 3; Episode 14
(InvestigateTV) — A government agency says you shouldn’t trust “non-toxic” labels on everything – especially water beads. While many major retailers announced they’d no longer sell the product as toys – our team finds they’re available – often with just a new description. Plus, hundreds of sets of cremated remains, known as cremains, sit in a USPS facility, undeliverable, months or even years after being sent.
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Defective – Non-Toxic: Major retailers have said they would stop selling water beads marketed to children due to thousands of injuries and at least one death, but we’ve found many remain for sale online. Many of those water beads also say they are “non-toxic” on the labels, but as one mom found out when her child nearly died swallowing a water bead, that label doesn’t carry a lot of weight. We look into the phrase “non-toxic” and the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s findings when it comes to water beads and toxicity – plus how water beads are being advertised online.
Missing in the Mail: When a family needs to ship their loved ones’ cremated remains, they must use the U.S. Postal Service. But sometimes the cremains don’t make it to the family. A recent federal audit found more than 400 sets of undeliverable cremains - sometimes because the USPS doesn’t comply with its own procedures. We investigate where unidentified cremains end up and alert a Senator who called for the audit that there’s been no movement for reunification. Plus – hear from families who are still waiting on their mothers and grandmother to be returned with dignity and had no idea the government found issues with the USPS handling of cremains.
Delivery Dangers: According to the U.S. Postal Service, mail carriers are tasked with delivering more than 162 million pieces of mail nationwide every single day. Oftentimes they’re a familiar, even friendly face in our neighborhoods. But according to USPS data, nearly 500 mail carriers were robbed on their routes in 2022, with that number on track to be even higher in 2023. Heather Graf digs into the increase and the call for change.
Watching Your Wallet – Check Washing: A clever scam continues to surge in popularity, and it means you really need to be careful about using checks to make payments. In this Watching Your Wallet Consumer Investigator Rachel DePompa finds out how you can avoid becoming a target.
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