Press Releases
Press Releases
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| Mar 31, 2009 |
Pew Releases Standards for Safe Credit Cards The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Safe Credit Cards Project today released a set of standards designed to prevent deceptive and dangerous credit card practices and called for legislation to outlaw such practices. |
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| Jul 22, 2010 |
Pew Report Finds Credit Cards More Transparent, Yet Problems Remain Most of the practices deemed “unfair” or “deceptive” by the Federal Reserve have disappeared from new credit card offers since federal passage of the Credit CARD Act last year, according to a new report by the Pew Health Group’s Safe Credit Cards Project. Yet new trends have emerged that could cost cardholders significantly. |
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| Oct 28, 2009 |
Pew Report Finds Deceptive Credit Card Practices Remain Widespread One hundred percent of credit cards offered online by the leading bank card issuers continue to include practices that will be outlawed once legislation passed in May takes effect next year, according to a new report by the Pew Health Group’s Safe Credit Cards Project. |
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| Nov 18, 2011 |
Pew School Foods Project Statement on Department of Agriculture Funding Bill “We are disappointed that the final Agriculture Appropriations bill now includes provisions that could undermine the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) proposal to establish science-based nutrition standards for school meals," said Jessica Donze Black, project director for the Pew Health Group’s School Foods Project, in a statement. |
School Food |
| May 19, 2009 |
Pew Statement Applauding Senate Vote to Stop Many Deceptive Credit Card Practices "The Senate today joined the House in coming together to pass smart, strong, bipartisan legislation that puts an end to many unfair and deceptive credit card practices. This is a tremendous victory for the millions of credit card carrying consumers, many of whom will be able to avoid hundreds, even thousands of dollars in unfair fees and interest rate hikes." |
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| Apr 28, 2010 |
Laura Rogers, project director of the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming, issued the following statement today, commenting on a hearing of the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health, where representatives of the Obama administration are expected to present testimony regarding the need to protect Americans from the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 10, 2010 |
Pew Statement On House Hearing Regarding FDA Drug Safety Reforms Allan Coukell, director of the Pew Prescription Project, issued the following statement today, commenting on a hearing at the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, where Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Principal Deputy Commissioner Joshua M. Sharfstein is expected to present testimony regarding the agency’s ability to protect Americans from unsafe drugs made overseas. |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jul 30, 2009 |
Pew Statement on House Passage of Food Safety Legislation Erik D. Olson, Director of Food and Consumer Product Safety at The Pew Charitable Trusts, issued the following statement. |
Food Hazards |
| Jul 29, 2008 |
Pew Statement on the Consumer Product Safety Commission Reform Act Andy Igrejas, manager of The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Environmental Health campaign, today issued the following statement in response to the ban on phthalates in children’s toys and childcare articles that was included in the conference agreement on the Consumer Product Safety Commission Reform Act. |
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| May 11, 2009 |
Pew Statement Urging Senate to Protect Consumers from Deceptive Credit Card Practices "The current economic crisis has made it clear that ignoring unfair and deceptive lending practices can hurt both family finances and our economy. Fortunately, the U.S. Senate has the opportunity this week to join the House in passing legislation to ensure credit card companies use safe, fair and transparent policies." |
