Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
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| May 18, 2011 |
''Study: 'Business' credit cards put consumers at risk'' "From January 2006 to December 2010, American households received more than 2.6 billion offers for so-called "business" credit cards, according to a new report from the Pew Safe Credit Cards Project." Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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| May 18, 2011 |
''Extending Credit Card Protections to Small Business Users'' "Each month, Americans get more than 10 million business credit card pitches in their home mailboxes. The cards are aimed at small businesses and sole proprietors, but they generally lack the new protections that apply to consumer cards, a new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts says." Source: The New York Times |
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| May 17, 2011 |
''Study: 2 Years After Credit Card Reforms, Rates, Fees More Stable'' "Credit card interest rates have held steady, penalties are less costly for consumers and annual fees and other charges have changed little over the past year, according to a study released Tuesday by the Pew Safe Credit Cards Project." Source: FoxBusiness.com |
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| May 16, 2011 |
"In the wake of the heparin scandal, FDA admitted that rampant globalization in drug manufacturing has outstripped the agency’s resources for inspecting foreign facilities." Source: Chemical and Engineering News |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| May 11, 2011 |
''Study Finds Positive Results from Credit Card Law'' "Banks and some pundits had predicted that credit card users would face skyrocketing interest rates, a spike in annual fees and a plethora of other negatives after stringent new rules on cards kicked in last year." Source: The Associated Press |
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| May 8, 2011 |
''Antibiotic Resistance: One Mother's Fight'' "It is not possible for me to "wake up" from this nightmare. But we as a society must wake up and prevent other nightmares from occurring by preserving the efficacy of our antibiotics...There is something you can do to help honor Simon, and make sure that other mothers don't face the pain of losing a child to a malicious bacteria. Please join the new group, Moms for Antibiotic Awareness -- an initiative of the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming. We are working to raise awareness across the country on the routine use of antibiotics in food animal production and to engage moms and those concerned about their family's health to take action for more judicious use of these drugs." Source: The Huffington Post |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Apr 25, 2011 |
Tremendous Support for USDA School Meal Changes When it comes to school meals, adults and kids alike are ready for a change. An extraordinary number of people sent messages to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in support of the agency’s proposed standards to improve school meals. More than 115,000 people took action on this Web site and others, sending the message that it’s time to serve healthier foods and beverages to all students! The huge number of supportive comments clearly demonstrates that Americans urgently want to improve school meals. Source: Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project |
School Food |
| Apr 25, 2011 |
''New study adds to concerns about animal-to-human resistance to antibiotics'' "On April 15, scientists reported that the meat bought at supermarkets is often contaminated with Staphylococcus aureas bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics used to fight human disease." Source: Los Angeles Times |
Health Topics, Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Apr 23, 2011 |
''FDA Opened 72 New Counterfeit Cases in 2010--a New Record'' "During a presentation at a meeting organized by the Pew Prescription Project (Washington, DC., March 7-8), deputy administrator Dr. Ilisa Bernstein noted that 72 cases had been opened by FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations in FY 2010 (which ended Sept. 30). That’s up nearly 11% from the year before, which was also an up year." Source: Pharmaceutical Commerce |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Apr 20, 2011 |
''Voters’ Attitudes On School Nutrition'' “More than 75 percent of American voters believe schools should have to meet higher nutrition standards for all foods they sell or serve students, according to a poll commissioned by the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project." Source: Education Week |
School Food |
| Apr 12, 2011 |
''New poll shows almost two-thirds of voters want better food in schools and are willing to pay up'' “Polls show that almost two thirds of American voters say the government should increase nutrition requirements for school lunches. And they’re willing to pay for it." Source: Medill Reports |
School Food |
| Apr 11, 2011 |
Voters Want Healthy School Meals More than three out of four American voters—78 percent—believe that schools should be required to meet higher nutrition standards for all foods they serve or sell to students, and 61 percent support providing schools with more funding to meet those standards, according to a new poll commissioned by the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project. Source: Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project |
School Food |
| Apr 11, 2011 |
''Poll: voters support improving school food standards'' “According to a poll of more than 1,000 registered voters, 78 percent believe schools should be required to meet higher nutrition standards for food they serve or sell to students and 61 percent support providing schools with more funding in order to do so." Source: Houston Chronicle |
School Food |
| Apr 7, 2011 |
''Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project Aims to Revolutionize School Cafeteria'' ''America’s children are caught in a growing problem — literally. One out of every three kids and teens now weigh in as overweight or obese. In fact, the obesity rates among children aged six to 11 have more than quadrupled over the past four decades. Childhood obesity has truly become a public health crisis of epidemic proportions.'' Source: change.org |
School Food |
| Apr 5, 2011 |
Access to safe and healthy foods is essential to protecting and promoting health. Consider that, over the past four decades, childhood obesity rates in the United States have risen rapidly, more than quadrupling among children ages 6 to 11 and more than tripling among teens. Source: Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project |
School Food |
