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The number of recalls of toys and children’s products is up 22% over the first half of last year, despite industry promises last year to solve the problems that made 2007 the “year of the recall,†according to an analysis of Consumer Product Safety Commission data by the nation’s leading consumer groups.
Without sufficient alternatives to driving, American families spent their entire economic stimulus check on high-priced gas.
Trenton – Today the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee to passed A695 over the opposition of the state’s leading consumer groups-- NJPIRG, AARP, Citizen Action, Consumers League, and Legal Services.
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The year 2007 was called the year of the recall. But in 2008, recalls are up, according
to Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) data. Already, as these data show, more toys
and children’s products have been recalled in the first half of this year than in the first half of last year, a supposed “100-year-flood†period. Yet the remedial CPSC reform legislation passed overwhelmingly by both the House and Senate in response to that 2007 recall wave has yet to become law. It is stalled in conference committee, where both the toy and chemical industries seek to block, weaken or delay some of its most critical reforms. This report explains why Congress needs to enact a strong final law that includes all of these key uncompleted reforms-- a new toy standard that requires mandatory safety testing for toys, a ban on toxic phthalates and whistleblower protections -- while rejecting industry’s eleventh-hour demands to add new and
unprecedented limits on state authority to enforce and enact product safety laws.
An Analysis of Household Gas Spending,Economic Stimulus Checks,and the Need for Better Transportation Options
A nation-wide survey of college students spotlights the marketing practices of credit card companies on college campuses, and the impacts that marketing has on students.
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New Jersey's legislature considers a bill that would hike interest rates on rent-to-own stores, despite the opposition of NJPIRG, AARP, The Consumers League of New Jersey and the state's other consumer groups.
Assemblywoman Greenstein introduces NJPIRG-backed legislation to ban toxic chemicals in children's products.
A new report released by NJPIRG and other groups finds that most plastic baby bottles sold in the United States could be hazardous to a baby's health.
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