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    Identity Theft and Electronic Mail Scams

    Officials spoke to reporters about scams using electronic mail messages for identity theft. The scam involved “phishing site” links in which thieves tricked consumers into giving out persona…

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    Regulation of Over the Counter Drugs Day 1

    Health experts and industry lobbyists debated the extent to which prescription drugs should be converted to “over the counter” status. They also talked about the sometimes blurry line betwee…

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    Calculating Risk, Setting Priorities

    Participants talked about threats to children’s safety posed by various products and about measures to protect children. Among the issues they addressed were health risks, educating parents,…

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    The Media's Role in Covering Health Risks

    Journalists talked about the media’s role in covering stories about health risks to children. Among the issues they addressed were the reliability of sources, the pressure to break stories, …

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    Prescription Drugs and Health Care Costs

    Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia), chaired this meeting of the Alliance for Health Reform. Participants discussed the benefits provided by Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) reg…

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    Weight Loss Products and Programs

    The panelists discussed consumer issues, the effects of weight loss programs, and how consumers could be better informed about such programs.

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    Telephone Slamming Prevention

    Subcommittee members heard testimony concerning laws to prevent the practice of telephone slamming, which is the unauthorized change of a consumer’s phone carrier. Representatives from long …

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    Garment Industry Practices

    President Bill Clinton announced that garment industry, union, human rights organization and religious group representatives had reached an agreement on a code of employment at garment facto…

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    Telemarketing Fraud

    Participants briefed reporters on the dimensions of the problem of telemarketing fraud, especially that which victimizes elderly citizens, and the AARP public information initiative to prote…

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    Poultry Product Regulation

    Members of the House Government Operations Agriculture subcommittee held a hearing to talk about proper labeling of fresh and frozen chicken. Testimony from restaurant chefs, industry leader…

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    Child Labor in Mexico

    Representatives of the National Consumers League and American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations briefed reporters on its opposition to the North American Free Trad…

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    900 Numbers

    Three guests talked about 900 numbers and the problems that are arising from them. Callers are charged for each minute of use in exchange for information or a service. The numbers have come …

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    Child Labor Laws Violations

    A joint hearing of the Senate Labor and Human Resources subcommittee on Labor and the Subcommittee on Children and Family, Drugs and Alcoholism focused on child labor law violations.

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    Annual Consumer Report Card

    The National Consumer League president, Linda Goldner, talked about the League’s annual consumer report card released the previous Monday which grade the Reagan Administration and the Congre…

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