[Consumer Reports](http://www.consumerreports.org “Consumer Reports Website”) on 1/18 retracted a negative report on infant car seats that left many parents worried about their babies’ safety — an embarrassing revelation for the magazine.

Consumer Reports said it was withdrawing the report, issued Jan. 4, because some of its test crashes were conducted at speeds higher than it had claimed.

The original report said most of the seats tested “failed disastrously” in crashes at speeds as low as 35 mph. In one test, it said, a dummy child was hurled 30 feet.

But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said some of the crash tests were conducted under conditions that would represent being struck at more than 70 mph.

Consumer Reports said it would review its study, retest the car seats and publish a new article as soon as possible.

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