By Rick Schmitt FairWarning A few years ago, motivated by a family history of dementia, Bea Pena-Reames began using a dietary supplement that promised improved memory and brain health. It was advertised as safe and effective – but that was not her experience. “I’m typically a joyful person, but I[Read More…]
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Advocacy Groups Tout Product Hazards Database to Give Consumers a Fair Warning
By Brian Joseph FiarWarning.org In the years since the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission launched SaferProducts.gov in March 2011, more than 29,000 reports of potentially dangerous products and product hazards have been filed with the searchable database. Now, five leading consumer groups, have analyzed the data collected on the site,[Read More…]
A Moving Story: Crooked Movers Victimize Consumers and Usually Get Away With It
By Brian Joseph FairWarning Gwen Caplan’s nightmare began with a Yelp search for movers. It was the summer of 2012 and the middle-aged mother of two was looking for someone to move her and her kids from San Rafael, Calif., to Glendale, Ariz. Money was tight, so Caplan scoured the[Read More…]
Swarms of Drug Industry Lobbyists and Campaign Cash Stymie Bid to Restrain Medicare Prescription Costs
By Stuart Silverstein FairWarning When the Republican-controlled Congress approved a landmark program in 2003 to help seniors buy prescription drugs, it slapped on an unusual restriction: The federal government was barred from negotiating cheaper prices for those medicines. Instead, the job of holding down costs was outsourced to the insurance[Read More…]
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