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Consumer advocacy groups such as Public Citizen or Food and Water Watch maintain that the safety of irradiated food is not proven, in particular long-term studies are still lacking, and strongly oppose the use of the technology.
To promote greater safety in pools and spas, Nancy Baker gave testimony to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and James Baker helped form an advocacy group, which led to the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool And Spa Safety Act ( 15 USC 8001 ).
* Center for Consumer Freedom, a food industry advocacy group
Distinguished Service Award, by the Family Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, in 1981 ; Governor's Award as Legislator of the Year, by the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, in 1985 ; Award of Excellence, by the Triangle J Council of Governments, in 1985 ; Distinguished Service Award, by the Research Triangle Group of the Sierra Club, in 1986 ; Service Award, by the Orange-Chatham Alliance for the Mentally Ill ; Triangle Conservation Award, by the Triangle Land Conservancy, in 1987 ; Consumer Advocate of the Year, by the North Carolina Consumers Council, in 1987 ; Honorary Citizenship of the City of Raleigh, by Mayor Avery Upchurch, in 1987, for efforts in the passage of the phosphate detergent limitation ; Resolution of Appreciation, by the Governor's Crime Commission, in 1987 ; Service Award, by the Joint Orange Chatham Community Action, Inc. Board of Directors, in 1988 ; Service Award, by the North Carolina Chapter of the Sierra Club, in 1988 ; Legislative Award, by the North Carolina Chapter, American Planning Association, in 1989 ; Legislative Award, by the N. C. Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the N. C. Pediatric Society, in 1989 ; Appreciation Award, by the Chatham County Advisory Council of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, in 1990 ; " Best Bets For 1990 ", by the Center For Policy Alternatives, Sustainable Growth Program, in 1990, " For Leadership in Reducing Environmental Hazards by Sponsoring Legislation to Establish Free Disposal Sites for Used Tires "; Service Award, by the Environmental Quality and Natural Resources Committee of the Southern Legislative Conference, in 1991, " In Appreciation For His Outstanding Leadership As Chairman .... 1989-1991 "; Recycling Merit Award, by the North Carolina Recycling Association in 1991 ; Appreciation Award, by the North Carolina Property Mappers Association, in 1993 ; Jake Alexander Public Service Award, by Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Students Against Driving Drunk, and the Governor's Highway Safety Program, in 1993 ; Distinguished Service Award, by the Family Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, in 1996 ; Legislator of the Year, by North Carolina Citizen Action, for " your years of outstanding leadership and dedication to the fair protection of North Carolina families, workers and environment ", in 1996 ; Certificate of Commendation, by the North Carolina Psychiatric Association, for " persistence and legislative commitment to improving mental health in North Carolina ", in 1997 ; Governor's Award as Legislator of the Year, by the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, in 1998 ; Friend of Education Award, by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Association of Educators, in 1999 ; Public Service Award, by the Child Care Services Association, for " outstanding advocacy and service on behalf of young children and their families ", in 2003.
NFPA oversees the operations of several advocacy campaigns dedicated to increasing fire safety and awareness, including the Fire Sprinkler Initiative, Bringing Safety Home ; Electric Vehicle Safety Training Program ; the Coalition for Fire-Safe Cigarettes ™; Firewise Communities / USA ; and the Alliance to Stop Consumer Fireworks. 1545465
* Consumer Federation of California, a California-based, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization.
* Consumer Federation of California, a consumer advocacy organization
Consumer organizations are advocacy groups that seek to protect people from corporate abuse like unsafe products, predatory lending, false advertising, astroturfing and pollution.
The Consumer Federation of America ( CFA ) is a non-profit organization founded in 1968 to advance consumer interests through research, education and advocacy.
He used to sit on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and its Committee on Petitions, but is now working for an international consumer advocacy group, the Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue ( TACD ).

Consumer and groups
Consumer associations can file claims on behalf of groups of consumers to obtain judicial orders against corporations that cause injury or damage to consumers.
Consumer organizations, environmentalist groups, and opponents to food irradiation refer to some studies suggesting that a large part of the public questions the safety of irradiated foods, and will not buy foods that have been irradiated.
Consumer groups argue that statutes of repose on consumer goods provide a disincentive for manufacturers to build durable products and to notify consumers of product defects as the manufacturers become aware of them.
Consumer groups also argue that such statutes of repose disproportionately affect poorer people, since they are more likely to own older goods.
Consumer groups and others raised questions of privacy, access, and liability considerations which were more taken into consideration in some jurisdictions than in others.
Consumers Union has helped start several consumer groups and publications, in 1960 helping create global consumer group Consumers International and in 1974 providing financial assistance to Consumers ' Checkbook which is considered akin to Consumer Reports for local services in the seven metropolitan areas they serve.
Consumer groups and some government officials say that cancer insurance returns fewer premium dollars to policyholders than standard insurance.
The NCPA was a member of the Cooler Heads Coalition, an organization created by the now-defunct non-profit group Consumer Alert that described itself as " an alliance of some two dozen non-profit public policy groups concerned about the implications of the Kyoto Protocol for consumers ," and which was generally skeptical of the anthropogenic theory of global warming.
Consumer behaviour is the study of individuals, groups, or organizations and the processes they use to select, secure, and dispose of products, services, experiences, or ideas to satisfy needs and the impacts that these processes have on the consumer and society.
Consumer groups have complained that the maximum statutory damages contained in the original 1977 version of the law has not kept up with inflation.
The Center for Consumer Freedom ( CCF ) is one of the more active corporate front groups and one of several front groups created by Berman & Co., a public affairs firm owned by lobbyist Rick Berman.
PCRM along with PETA and groups such as the Centers for Disease Control, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving has been the subject of public criticism for several years by the Center for Consumer Freedom ( CCF ), a non-profit lobby group representing the food and beverage industry.
The groups have argued that the acquisition is a test of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, under which systemically risky firms must demonstrate a public benefit that outweighs new risk before they are allowed to grow.
The current CableCARD standard was born out of an adversarial process between two main groups: cable companies represented by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association ( NCTA ) and consumer electronics companies represented by the Consumer Electronics Association ( CEA ).
On April 1, 2009, Sony ’ s electronics and game businesses were merged and reconfigured as two major groups: the Consumer Products & Devices Group ( CPDG ) and the Networked Products & Services Group ( NPSG ).
Encouraged by White House Consumer Adviser Ester Peterson, representatives from nearly 60 consumer groups, consumer cooperative groups, and industrial trade unions decided to form a permanent organization that was formally launched in April 1968.
Other revenue is derived from cy-près awards, Consumer Assembly, the annual Awards dinner, and financial services and food policy issue conferences, to which some corporate groups contribute.
Consumer groups argue that the bill would lead to lower-quality service and increased rates, though Verizon promised in a letter sent to the bill's sponsors that committed the company to keeping rates level for basic service in the first two years following approval into law.
With the election of Gough Whitlam and the Labor Government in 1972, the Government encouraged the disparate consumer groups to join together and form the Australian Federation of Consumer Organisations ( AFCO ).
In Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC, a number of broadcasters and citizens groups, including the Consumer Federation of America, the National Council of Churches of Christ, and Media Alliance, sued to prevent the FCC from following through on the decision.

Consumer and argue
Consumer advocates argue that borrowers, especially unsophisticated borrowers, are not aware of their ability to negotiate and might even be under the mistaken impression that the lender is placing the borrower's interests above its own.
Opponents of RALs, like as the National Consumer Law Center, argue that the profit motive of the lender results in RALs being issued too often to low-income individuals who are made to believe the wait for their refund is longer than it really is, who do not realize they are taking a loan, do not understand the high interest rates charged by the loan ( often exceeding 100 % APR until the last two tax filing seasons ), and who do not actually need the funds immediately.

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In October 2001 a lawsuit was filed against Consumer Empowerment by members of the music and motion picture industry in the USA.
This now-discontinued ISR practice was informally labeled a scam and a fraud, and the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs issued a violation against ISR for engaging in a deceptive trade practice.
Wyden voted against the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, a Republican effort to restrict the number of class actions suits against businesses and the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, a bipartisan change in bankruptcy law designed to make it more difficult to file for bankruptcy and to make those in bankruptcy pay more of their debts.
The Bureau of Consumer Protection ’ s mandate is to protect consumers against unfair or deceptive acts or practices in commerce.
Consumer prices doubled between May and August, alone, and though sharp, mandatory wage hikes had been negotiated between the government, labor and employers, the resulting shock ( known as the Rodrigazo ) ignited protest across Argentina, including a two-day general strike by the CGT ( the first ever against a Peronist administration ).
Abraham authored the " H1B Visa in Global and National Commerce Act ", establishing a federal framework for on-line contracts and signatures ; the " Government Paperwork Elimination Act ", and the " Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act ", which protects Internet domain names for businesses and persons against copyright and trademark infringements.
A class action suit was filed against them for violation of the Delaware Consumer Fraud Act in September 1998.
After all ten rounds, the photographer with the highest score in the league table is crowned the Amateur Photographer Of the Year and wins £ 5, 000 worth of Canon vouchers to be remdeamed against the purchase of personal photographic goods ( defined as Canon Consumer Imaging Products ).
The committee approved a competing, less comprehensive bill, the Consumer Access to Information Act, which dealt only with " time sensitive " information, and would have instructed the Federal Trade Commission to take action against unfair trade practices.
Consumer outcry against software incompatibility has prompted portable music player manufacturers such as Apple and Creative to support multiple formats.
The U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warns against practicing it with babies because of risk of suffocation or strangulation, but many pediatricians, breast-feeding advocates, and others have criticized this recommendation.
Consumer complaints against car dealerships are investigated by the Attorney General's office in the state in which the dealership is located.
Chandler has voted in favor of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, against the Dodd – Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Troubled Asset Relief Program, against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, against Cut, Cap and Balance Act and for funding the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
In 2009, the state of New Jersey filed a lawsuit against the company alleging violation of their Consumer Fraud Act surrounding events with a Bruce Springsteen concert, where tickets were allegedly offered for sale on their website which did not actually exist.
On 21 December 2007 Telekomunikacja Polska was fined PLN 75 million ( approximately EUR 20. 7 million ) by the Polish Office for Competition and Consumer Protection, for discriminating against its competitors on the Internet services market.
It was created in 1972 through the Consumer Product Safety Act to protect " against unreasonable risks of injuries associated with consumer products.
However, a challenge against some US stem cell patents is being litigated by two non-profit organizations: The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights and Public Patent Foundation along with molecular biologist Jeanne Loring of the Burnham Institute.
In January, 2004, the State of Hawaii's Office of Consumer Protection won a lawsuit against AWU ; the judgment enjoined AWU from " Providing any post-secondary instructional programs or courses leading to a degree " or " Acting as or holding themselves out as a ' college ', ' academy ', ' institute ', ' institution ', ' university ' or anything similar thereto.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission took no action against the companies.
Due to the below average performance and potential health risks, Consumer Reports has advised against using ozone producing air purifiers.

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