CA files amicus brief in NY wine case
Consumer Alert filed an amicus curiae brief on June 23 supporting New York consumers’ rights to pur…
Category: Consumer Comments
Pharmaceutical retail-price survey shows consumers ways to save
A survey in May 2003 comparing prices charged in the same towns by a samp…
Media highlights
The following media mentions were omitted in the last edition of Consumer Comments:
September 3 – James Plummer w…
Smith addresses Calorie Control Council on consumer activism
In her presentation on “Consumer Activists: Modus Operandi” to the Calorie C…
No quick fix for childhood obesity
The problem of childhood obesity has no quick fix and the solutions are multifaceted–involving famili…
Clothes-washer rule hangs consumers out to dry – Brief Article
Plummer James
Consumer Alert was among those giving the Department …
CA’s proposals for the UN Summit
Consumer Alert, accredited as a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) at the World Summit on Sustainable D…
Smith speaks on precautionary principle to toxicologists
Executive Director Frances B. Smith addressed the attendees of a conference orga…
Law would allow more government snooping in consumer records
Congress has passed an Intelligence Appropriations bill that gives the FBI t…
Steel protection hurts consumers
The U.S. lost another round at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against its policy to protect the U.S….