Undated -- A heat gun and paint remover that produces temperatures of 1,000 degrees and warns users, “Do not use this tool as a hair dryer” has been identified as the nation’s wackiest warning label ...

The five wackiest warning labels in the United States were recently unveiled as part of the 14th annual Wacky Warning Label Contest sponsored by the Center for America. Mark Stutzmann of Ann Arbor, ...

DETROIT (AP) — Don’t clean your kids in the washing machine. Don’t dry your cell phone in the microwave. And be sure not to read the phone book while driving. Those are among the winning entries in ...

NOVI, Mich. -- It is a warning label that may seem perfectly logical -- to fish: A 5-inch fishing lure with three nasty steel hooks advises that it is "Harmful if swallowed." If only carp could read.

DETROIT -- A warning that consumers shouldn't use a heat gun that produces temperatures of 1,000 degrees as a hairdryer has won an anti-lawsuit group's award for the wackiest label of the year. The ...

That label carries the distinction of being this year's Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch's "Wackiest Warning Label." Second-place honors went to a label on a manufactured fireplace log that warns: ...

DETROIT — Words to live by, from a warning label on a small tractor: “Danger: Avoid Death.” That warning was selected Wednesday as the winner of the 11th annual “Wacky Warning Label Contest,” ...

If you are the kind of person who tries to save time by ironing his clothes without first taking them off or who attempts to use his hair dryer while sleeping, you will probably not "get" this column.

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The Wacky Warning Label Contest, now in it's ninth year, is conducted by Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, M-LAW, to reveal how lawsuits, and concern about lawsuits, have created a need for common sense ...