Consumer Protection In The News
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Financial reform will impact I.E.
- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (new window)
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The [Consumer Financial Protection] bureau would provide education and oversight consumers that were lacking in the events that led to the economic downturn, said Pedro Morillas, consumer advocate with CALPIRG, a California nonprofit. |
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BANK BILL: How Bank Overhaul Will Change Mortgage Shopping
- Wall Street Journal (new window)
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Nestled within the massive financial-reform package that a House-Senate panel approved early Friday morning are consumer protections that could change the way people shop for a mortgage. |
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Get Toxic Chemicals Off Our Dinner Table
- Huffington Post (new window)
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Are there toxic chemicals in this can of peas? How much Bisphenol A (BPA) is in this can of peaches? Will my kids get a lower dose of a synthetic hormone if I buy the organic green beans? Here's the unsatisfying answer: nobody can tell you. |
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Payday lenders may avoid U.S. oversight
- LA Times (new window)
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Consumer advocates hoped the lenders would be reined in by a new federal consumer financial protection agency, but a bipartisan proposal would largely exempt them from regulation. |
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Consumer protection agency would put teeth in new credit card rules, backers say
- Los Angeles Times (new window)
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New federal credit card rules that took effect Monday outlaw the most egregious industry practices, such as retroactive interest rate increases and hidden fees, that have cost customers billions of dollars a year. |
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Legislation targets predatory, confusing marketing of reverse mortgages
- Sacramento Bee (new window)
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One in an ongoing series about new state laws that take effect Jan. 1. |
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Parents beware: Hazardous toys may still wind up on store shelves
- Los Angeles Times (new window)
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Are toys safer now? Sure, say federal regulators and Mattel, the world's biggest toy maker. But a study from a consumer watchdog group and my recent trip to the Toy District cast serious doubts. |
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Report Examines Toxic, Hazardous Toys
- Fox News Los Angeles (new window)
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"Now parents can shop safely and avoid purchasing potentially dangerous toys for their kids," said CALPIRG advocate Michael Russo. "And with our new, interactive tool, parents and other consumers can report toys they think are hazardous so we can investigate them and report them to the federal government." |
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Trouble could be under the Tree this Holiday Season
- Fox News Fresno (new window)
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The California Public Interest Research Group, or CALPIRG, says parents like the Hails have every reason to be concerned. Tuesday, they released their "Trouble in Toyland" report highlighting the dangers that lurk on store shelves, especially this holiday season. |
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Parents' guide to dangerous toys this holiday season
- MSNBC (new window)
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Just as Santa is making his list and checking it twice an important warning goes out to parents. The consumer watchdog organization CALPIRG has issued its 23rd Annual Toy Safety Survey. The report gives safety guidelines for toys bought for small children. |
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New Toy Safety Standards Become Law
- ABC News (new window)
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From lunchboxes and backpacks to baby cribs and toy figurines, a lengthy effort to make children's products safer has finally cleared the final hurdles. |
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Taking the danger out of children's toys
- Sacramento Bee Op-ed by CALPIRG (new window)
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Congress must listen to the American families who have stopped buying toys because they've lost confidence in their safety. The best gift Congress can give America's littlest consumers this year is to better protect them from dangerous toys. |
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CA Consumer Group Releases List Of Unsafe Toys
- CBS Channel 5 (new window)
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On Tuesday, the California Public Interest Research Group or CALPIRG released their annual survey of toy safety, called "Trouble in Toyland." |
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California files suit over lead in toys
- San Jose Mercury News (new window)
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SACRAMENTO - Attorney General Jerry Brown on Monday sued 20 leading toy makers and retailers - including Mattel and Toys R Us - accusing them of knowingly manufacturing or selling toys with illegal and dangerous levels of lead. CALIRG calls on companies to be held accountable.
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'The safest toy you can give a child is a book'
- San Diego Union Tribune (new window)
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CALPIRG releases "Trouble in Toyland" report with Rep. Susan Davis in San Diego. |
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Toying With Children's Safety
- Los Angeles Times (new window)
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The 213-piece Imaginarium coloring set sold at Toys R Us includes felt pens, crayons, oil pastel markers, watercolors, a mixing palette, a brush, a ruler, a pencil and a pencil sharpener. And lead -- possibly enough to permanently disable a kid. |
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