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CA reminds consumers: compare prices for pharmaceutical drugs.(Consumer Alert)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... With drug prices being a hot politicial issue, Consumer Alert reminded consumers in October to compare prices before buying prescription drugs. The "Rx Challenge" survey, conducted in May 2003, was sponsored by three non-profit groups, ConsumerAlert, RetireSafe.org, and The National...

Wine issue before Supreme Court.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... Consumer Alert joined with 11 other organizations in filing an amicus curiae brief with the United States Supreme Court in a case being heard in oral arguments December 7, 2004. The case, Granholm v. Heald, concerns the freedom of consumers to order wines directly from vintners in other...

'Intelligent Transportation' threatens privacy.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... The federal government increasingly is taking over more and more aspects of the transportation infrastructure from both private firms and local governments. Speed-cameras and radio-frequency toll tags just aren't enough for some bureaucrats when it comes to tracking and tracing Americans...

Smith addresses Calorie Control Council on consumer activism.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... In her presentation on "Consumer Activists: Modus Operandi" to the Calorie Control Council's Annual Meeting and Educational Symposium on November 8 in Florida, Frances Smith explained that there are two polar views of how to address consumer welfare, animated by two opposite views of...

No quick fix for childhood obesity.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... The problem of childhood obesity has no quick fix and the solutions are multifaceted--involving families, schools, as well as governmental institutions, according to a new study released by the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine. The chairman of the expert panel authoring...