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Trouble In Toyland: The 24th Annual Survey Of Toy Safety 11/24/2009

In 2008, Congress responded to an unprecedented wave of recalls of toys and other children’s products by passing the first major overhaul of the Consumer Product Safety Commission since it was established during the Nixon Administration.

Trouble in Toyland, 23rd Annual Toy Safety Report 11/25/2008

The recall of 45 million toys and other children’s products in 2007 and continued recalls in 2008 reminded Americans that no government agency tests toys before they are put on the shelves.

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Toxic-free Communities
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Toxic Pollution And Health: An Analysis of Toxic Chemicals Released in Communities across the United States	3/22/2007
Preventing Toxic Terrorism: How Some Chemical Facilities Are Removing Danger To American Communities	4/25/2006
On April 17th Taxpayers Will Pay To Clean Up After Polluters At Toxic Wastes Sites	3/11/2010

Health Care & Prescription Drugs Reports Archive

Paying the Price: The High Cost of Prescription Drugs for Uninsured Americans	7/11/2006
Turning Medicine Into Snake Oil: How Pharmaceutical Marketers Put Patients At Risk	5/03/2006

Voting & Democracy Reports Archive

Campaign Contribution Limits: No Harm To Challengers

6/01/2006

Financial Privacy & Security Reports Archive

Mistakes Do Happen: A Look at Errors in Consumer Credit Reports	6/17/2004
Who’s Watching The Watchdogs? In The Wake of Enron: A Survey of State Accounting Board Membership and the Need for Reform	6/27/2002
Big Banks, Bigger Fees 2001: A National Survey Of Bank Fees	11/01/2001
Deflate Your Rate: How To Lower Your Credit Card APR	3/11/2010

Higher Education Reports Archive

Cutting Interest Rates, Lowering Student Debt	1/05/2007
Paying Back, Not Giving Back: Student Debt's Negative Impact on Public Service Career Opportunities	4/01/2006
College Students Faced More than $31 Billion in Unmet Financial Need in 2003-2004	10/01/2005
Easy Money: How Congress Could Increase Federal Student Aid Funding at No Additional Cost to Taxpayers	5/05/2005
Rip-off 101: How The Current Practices Of The Textbook Industry Drive Up The Cost Of College Textbooks	2/01/2005

Product Safety Reports Archive

Trouble In Toyland: The 24th Annual Survey Of Toy Safety	11/24/2009
Trouble in Toyland, 23rd Annual Toy Safety Report	11/25/2008
Trouble in Toyland: The 22nd Annual Survey of Toy Safety	11/20/2007
Trouble in Toyland: 21st Annual Toy Safety Survey	11/21/2006
The Food Safety Net: Ensuring Safe Food from Production to Consumption, April 2006	4/01/2006

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A Better Way to Go

3/07/2008