Consumer Product Safety Commission

Americans must rally to protect “a right to childhood.” In 1893, Kelley persuaded the Illinois legislature to outlaw child labor and limit working hours for women, and she became head of the National Consumers’ League, which prepared consumer pressure for improved factory conditions. The workplace safety rely on expert research. The bacteriologist Alice Hamilton, a pioneer in the new field of industrial hygiene, reported on lead poisoning among industrial workers in 1910. As an investigator…

compliance with food safety regulations (such as food exceeding its “sell-by”…

When the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted unanimously in December of 2010 to approve new mandatory crib standards to ensure safe sleeping for infants, the Indiana Association for Child Care Resource and Referral (IACCRR) knew that replacing the current cribs would be a challenge for Indiana child care providers. Hundreds of cribs in child care centers and child care homes in Indiana needed to be replaced to meet the new standards. At an average cost of $255 per crib,…

muckraker railed for public outcry of labor equity. He launched a consumer movement through the midst of a harsh stockyard strike from unfairly payed wage workers, socialist writer Upton Sinclair visited Chicago’s “Packing town” region which contributed to copious array of material that later turned into his best-selling novel, The Jungle. This book details the heinous process by which cattle, chickens, of the like became sold as meat products to Americans everywhere.…

the lives of workers through inhumane treatment of working conditions. There is a lack of safety, since industrialist know it is cheaper for workers to die than improve safety. To protect those working, we planned to passed legislation regarding the prevention of industrial accidents, occupational disease, involuntary unemployment, and other injuries. We also plan to pass legislation for improving safety and health standards, increasing federal control over taxing commerce among states, the…

Genetically Modified (GMO) foods, works on grounds of dubiousness and dishonesty, but they were still able to earn the seal of approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Given the responsibility of testing, Monsanto continued to report the safety of its own GMO foods as being “well.” However, a Monsanto study done on rats that had eaten the GMO food source began growing tumors the size of a golf ball after six months proving that their foods are not safe. Yet, the FDA still allows…

“Consumers do not buy products. They buy product benefits,” was once said by David Ogilvy, the man known as the father of advertisements. We see advertisements in various ways such as television commercials, newspaper and magazine ads, and social media. We may not always realize that these ads may influence us to do certain things or to buy certain products, but they do. For example, as people, we see many commercials that advertise medicines from things that extend from an antiviral for the flu…

vehicle while riding a bicycle in Hawaii, you are entitled to the same legal rights as other vehicle operators. Most drivers in Hawaii drive with Aloha, but unfortunately, some can treat bicyclists with little respect. This wanton disregard for the safety of others may cause serious accidents. It’s not uncommon for bicyclists to ride along the Queen Kaahumanu Highway on the Big Island due to its wonderful scenery. Drivers need to be aware of bicyclists on the road every bit as much as they…

direction. Although there are mixed feelings about this debate, there are some pretty incredible facts about people who support buying in America. “Almost 8 in 10 American consumers say they would rather buy an American-made product than an imported one, according…

reforms undoubtedly made him become one of the most significant presidents in the US history. Theodore Roosevelt as a progressive President was effective that he regulated business and boosted up economy, established environmental protection and consumer healthcare system, and maintained peacefulness by reconciling disputes and wars. Initially, Theodore Roosevelt effectively regulated business and boosted up economy. Theodore Roosevelt, the trustbuster, decided to take actions to eliminate the…