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CR letter to CPSC about its priorities at the start of the 2020 fiscal year

Consumer Reports writes regarding the priorities of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) at the start of fiscal year 2020. As the CPSC carries…

October 10, 2019

Product Safety

Pediatricians and consumer advocates letter to CPSC recommending safe sleep principles for infant products

* American Academy of Pediatrics * Consumer Federation of America * * Consumer Reports * Kids In Danger * Public Citizen * We, the undersigned…

September 26, 2019

Product Safety

Consumer Reports letter to House members in support of H.R. 1423, the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act)

Summary: The FAIR Act would prohibit the growing practice of corporations forcing consumers, as well as workers and small businesses, to give up their right…

September 18, 2019

MoneyTech & PrivacyProduct Safety
Press Release

Consumer Reports urges House to approve STURDY Act to help protect children from deadly dresser tip-over incidents

  CR investigation finds tip-overs are an epidemic; one child dies every two weeks from furniture, TV, or appliance tipping over onto them    …

September 17, 2019

Product Safety

Letter to U.S. House supporting STURDY Act, CO detector & portable fuel container safety bills

Consumer Reports, the independent, non-profit member organization, urges you to vote yes on H.R. 2211, H.R. 1618, and H.R. 806, three bills that would help…

September 17, 2019

Product Safety

CR letter in support of H.R. 1423, the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act

SUMMARY: Consumer Reports letter to House Judiciary Committee in support of HR 1423, the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act, in anticipation of markup scheduled…

September 6, 2019

MoneyProduct SafetyTech & Privacy

Joint letter to CPSC urging enforcement of the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act

* American Academy of Pediatrics  * American Cancer Society Action Network * American Heart Association * American Lung Association * Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids *…

August 15, 2019

Product Safety
Press Release

Consumer Reports applauds signing of Harper’s Law in NY to help protect children from deadly furniture tip-overs

YONKERS, N.Y. — Consumer Reports, the nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, today praised the signing of a new law in New York state to help protect…

August 13, 2019

Product Safety

CR comments to USDA on Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Proposed Rule on Genetically Engineered Organisms

SUMMARY: Although GE plants hold out promise for improving crops, this new technology also raises environmental and health questions that should require premarket assessment by…

August 9, 2019

HealthProduct SafetyFood

Joint letter to the Senate Commerce Committee on two product safety-related bills

We write to express our positions on two product safety-related bills that will be considered before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee in Executive…

July 23, 2019

Product Safety
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