Media Coverage
Media Coverage
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| Jul 12, 2011 |
''Consumer Confidential: Outsourced meds, Social Security tool, Casey Anthony hoax'' "Where does our medicine come from? Increasingly, the answer is overseas, where safety standards can be lower." Source: The Los Angeles Times |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Oct 18, 2010 |
''Consumer Reports: Most Patients Worry About Pharma Payments to Doctors'' "In a nationally-representative survey by Consumer Reports of 1,250 adults, more than three-fourths said they would be “very” or “somewhat” concerned about getting the best treatment or advice if their doctor were accepting drug-company money." Source: Pro Publica |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Jul 22, 2011 |
''Consumers Hold High Hopes for New Bureau'' ''If you've ever thought someone was playing fast and lose with the rules on your credit cards, credit score or mortgage, but you had no idea where to go with your complaint, you now have a place to turn.'' Source: The Chicago Tribune |
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| May 18, 2011 |
''Consumers must watch for unregulated credit cards'' "The sudden interest-rate hikes, high fees and steep penalties that last year's credit card regulations were designed to eliminate are still lurking in one segment of the credit card market: cards designated for businesses." Source: WTOP 103.5 FM |
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| Jan 14, 2010 |
''Consumers score a win on credit card rules'' "Consumers scored a few unexpected victories in a set of Federal Reserve rules issued earlier this week. The Fed issued 1,155 pages of rules Tuesday telling banks how to comply with new laws regulating credit cards that go into effect on Feb. 22. In a handful of cases, in which the law was unclear, federal regulators used their discretion to go a step further to protect consumers." Source: CNN Money |
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| Jun 1, 2011 |
''Credit CARD Act Turns Two: Are Consumers Better Off?'' "It’s been two years since the landmark Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 was signed into law, and by all accounts, it’s led to some pretty significant changes in the giant industry grinding away behind those little pieces of plastic." Source: Time |
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| May 20, 2009 |
''Credit Card Bill a Boon to Consumers'' "It's not a bailout, but this could be quite a week for consumers, with the President expected to sign by Memorial Day the most sweeping reforms of credit card industry regulations in more than 20 years." Source: The Hartford Courant |
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| May 22, 2009 |
''Credit Card Law Has Some Unplanned Booby Traps, Including Higher Rates, Fees, Tighter Credit'' "The new credit card law is receiving widespread kudos as a victory for cardholders over the lenders that impose "gotcha" fees and penalties with scant justification and little notice." Source: Los Angeles Times |
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| Dec 2, 2009 |
''Credit card rates: Nowhere to go but up'' "For millions of credit card customers, here's the good news: As of Feb. 22, a new law will bar banks from a host of practices that consumer advocates have long blasted as unfair." Source: CNN Money |
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| May 15, 2009 |
''Credit Card Reform Confronts Multiple Consumer Complaints'' "Congress is expected to send credit card reform legislation to President Barack Obama for signing by the Memorial Day weekend." Source: The Tennessean |
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| Nov 8, 2009 |
''Credit card reforms mean mailings to consumers may include big change'' "A study by The Pew Charitable Trusts released last month found that advertised rates on about 400 credit cards this summer had jumped as much as 23 percent. In addition, the study reported that many issuers were shifting customers from fixed to variable rates, which would ease some of the notification requirements." Source: The Washington Post |
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| Jul 22, 2010 |
''Credit cards not always clear on penalty rates'' "A study by the Pew Safe Credit Cards Project found that card issuers are complying with a new law this year that prohibits numerous deceptive practices. Previously, all card issuers tracked by Pew used at least one practice that is now illegal." Source: Associated Press |
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| Aug 3, 2010 |
''Credit cards so far avoid worst-case predictions'' "The benefits of stricter credit card regulations appear to have come without the predicted drawbacks — at least so far." Source: knoxvillebiz.com |
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| Nov 4, 2009 |
''Credit Cards: Break Up, or Make Up?'' "Credit-card lenders, facing higher defaults and new, profit-crimping laws, have been increasing fees and interest rates, raising minimum payments and cutting credit limits. Some Citigroup Inc. customers have seen their credit limits cut, their interest rates jump as high as 29.99% or their cards canceled altogether." Source: Wall Street Journal |
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| Nov 4, 2009 |
''Credit-Card Company or Loan Shark?'' "A recent report done by the Safe Credit Cards Project at The Pew Charitable Trusts found that over the past four months, credit-card companies have routinely tacked on new fees, altered account terms, and jacked up interest rates, sometimes to as high as 30 percent." Source: Newsweek |
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| Oct 31, 2009 |
''Credit-Card Rates Up Before New Law'' "...credit-card companies are rushing to raise rates and tack on extra fees ahead of a law slated to take effect Feb. 22 that is supposed to limit such moves in the future. In some cases, rates are doubling to as high as 30 percent or more, even for people who pay their bills on time." Source: The Post and Courier |
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| Jul 22, 2010 |
''Credit-Card Reform Succeeds in Ending Many Deceptive Practices, Pew Finds'' "Credit cards offered online by the 12 largest U.S. banks have eliminated some of the most troublesome practices for consumers, the Pew Charitable Trusts said. Increasing interest rates on existing balances for some infractions of the card agreements and applying payments to balances with the lowest interest rates first have ended, according to the report released today by the Philadelphia-based nonprofit organization. The study looked at almost 450 cards advertised by banks and credit unions and compared terms for cards offered in March 2010 and July 2009." Source: Bloomberg |
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| Apr 24, 2009 |
''Credit-Card Shocks Anger More Borrowers'' "The Pew Charitable Trusts, in calling for a policy of Safe Credit Card Standards this week, said that 100% of cards allowed the issuer to get paid back in a manner which, according to the Federal Reserve, "is likely to cause substantial monetary damage to consumers," said Nick Bourke, a manager at the institution." Source: The Wall Street Journal |
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| Jul 13, 2012 |
''Dear F.D.A.: Stop Drugging Animals'' "The comment period for the F.D.A.’s ruling on antibiotic use in animals closed yesterday, and at least 200,000 people have told the agency that the routine use of drugs in animal rearing must be restricted. The agency, which has stalled on this for 30 years, has been ordered by two judges to act now." Source: The New York Times |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Aug 22, 2009 |
''Debating How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass'' "Now, new research suggests that atrazine may be dangerous at lower concentrations than previously thought. Recent studies suggest that, even at concentrations meeting current federal standards, the chemical may be associated with birth defects, low birth weights and menstrual problems." Source: The New York Times |
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| Aug 15, 2012 |
''Delaware's Lachke Selected Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences'' "Salil Lachke, a University of Delaware biologist whose research is yielding new discoveries about the world’s leading causes of blindness, has been named a 2012 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Lachke is one of 22 scholars selected across the U.S., and the first University of Delaware professor to receive the award." Source: UDaily |
Biomedical Research |
| Jul 16, 2012 |
''Delays in new food-safety regulations cause frustration'' Seventeen months after President Obama signed a law hailed as a massive overhaul of food safety, major portions have yet to be implemented. Erik Olson, director of food programs with the Pew Health Group, remarks, "What's important is that these new protections of our food supply be put into place as soon as possible to protect all Americans from getting sick from contaminated food. Source: USA Today |
Food Safety |
| Apr 9, 2013 |
Dishing Up Grants for School Kitchen Upgrades New standards for school meals could mean new changes to the equipment in school kitchens. Jessica Donze Black, director of Pew's Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project speaks to Education Week about the need for grant money for making these upgrades. Source: Education Week |
School Food |
| Apr 5, 2013 |
Do Healthier School Lunches Pass the Student Taste Test? School meals may meet nutritional standards, but do they pass the student taste test? Source: WPSD |
School Food |
| Nov 23, 2011 |
''Doesn’t Congress know we are what we eat?'' “Congress was wrong to block new rules proposed by the Agriculture Department that would have overhauled the nation’s school lunch program." Source: Philadelphia Inquirer |
School Food |
