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Calls for Lower Sodium Food Grow
Consumers Union urges FDA to limit sodium levels in food
New Mercury Rules Help Lower Pollution, Save Lives
The health risks that mercury exposure poses are serious to children and other vulnerable populations
Consumer Reports and Consumers Union Honored with CPSC Award for Advancing Product Safety, Helping Save Lives
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission honored Consumer Reports and its policy and advocacy division Consumers Union with a special award in recognition of “exceptional contributions to consumer product safety.”
Consumer Groups Applaud CPSC Vote for Independent Safety Testing of Toys, Children’s Products
Third-party testing was a key provision of a law passed to crack down on unsafe children’s products
Congress passes the consumer product safety bill
The bill preserves the independent safety testing of toys and other children’s products
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“A safer generation of cribs” hit the market
Parents have a lot of things to worry about when it comes to keeping their kids safe, but sleeping in a crib shouldn’t be one of them. Today, new rules go into effect that should have babies and their parents resting easier. In a move hailed by consumer groups as long overdue, cribs sold in Continue Reading
House Committee Votes to Gut Safety Database
CPSC will be severely limited to protect the public from unsafe products.
CU commends Pfizer withdrawal of arsenic-containing animal drug
FDA should ban other similar drugs
FDA findings on BPA heighten concerns about safety
CU urges FDA to remove BPA from food & beverage containers
A House committee takes up bill to weaken CPSIA
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act protects children from unsafe toys, products
