Media Coverage
Media Coverage
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| Jan 16, 2009 |
''House Introduces Nanotech Bill'' The House Science and Technology Committee introduced a bill Jan. 15 about the need to strengthen federal efforts to better comprehend the potential environmental, health and safety effects of nanotechnology. Source: Government Computer News |
Health Topics |
| Feb 11, 2009 |
"The Pew Health Group's Campaign for Food Safety released this ad in support of the DeLauro Food Safety Modernization Act (H.R. 875)." Source: Roll Call |
School Food |
| Feb 15, 2009 |
''Officials Driven to Take Closer Look at Food Safety'' The deadly salmonella outbreak traced to a Georgia peanut company is having an unexpected effect: It’s forcing lawmakers — finally, critics say — to improve food-safety regulations that in some cases haven’t been updated in a century. Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
Food Safety |
| Mar 20, 2009 |
Health and Human Services Policy The Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act were rightly considered landmark legislation when they were passed by Congress more than a century ago...Our nation’s capacity to protect consumers cannot be met by the structures we have in place. A decade ago, the National Academies of Science called for reform of the nation’s food safety system, and in a series of reports since then, the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, has endorsed that goal and made specific recommendations for improvement. Source: Pew Prospectus |
Food Safety |
| Mar 25, 2009 |
''New program encourages low-income L.A. residents to open bank accounts'' "Nearly 300,000 Los Angeles households do not have a bank account, more than in any other U.S. city, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa acknowledged at a news briefing Tuesday." Source: Los Angeles Times |
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| Mar 31, 2009 |
''New Study Cites 'unfair and deceptive' Credit Card Practices'' "A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts details the extent of some of the “unfair and deceptive practices” by credit card companies." Source: The Washington Post |
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| Mar 31, 2009 |
''The Moment for Credit Card Reform'' "We all know what an uphill battle reforming abusive credit card practices has been. As a twenty-five year veteran of that fight, I know it as well as anyone. But this morning, the Senate took a big step up that mountain." Source: Huffington Post |
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| Mar 31, 2009 |
''Congress Considers Limits on Credit Card Companies'' "Democrats in Congress are taking a swipe at credit card issuers and their increasingly creative reasons for raising fees on strapped consumers, sparking a well-financed duel over how to crack down on alleged abuses." Source: Philadelphia Inquirer |
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| Apr 12, 2009 |
''Taking a Page, and a Pen, From Makers of Medicines'' "Free pens — bearing the names of drugs like Viagra and Januvia rather than the letters NYC — litter doctors’ offices all across New York, part of an often-criticized strategy by drug company sales representatives known as detailers, who traditionally go from waiting room to waiting room giving gifts to entice doctors to prescribe their products." Source: The New York Times |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Apr 20, 2009 |
''Practices of Credit Card Companies Under Scrutiny'' "Executives of the nation's largest credit-card companies will meet with President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday to discuss growing concerns about questionable practices in the industry." Source: The Miami Herald |
