Sick and tired of recalls? Tell the companies responsible for them
Meshawn Ayala, Iowa PIRG Citizen Outreach Director
Holy recalls, Batman! What's with all the dangerous products?
Mattel's
Batman action figure was recalled because the toy had loosely attached
magnets that kids could swallow, causing major health problems.
Earlier
this week, we asked you to sign our petition asking Corporate America
to do better. More than 2,500 of you did! Please add your name today
and then forward this link if you've got friends concerned about this
issue.
http://www.uspirg.org/action/product-safety/challenge?id4=ES
(Apologies to those of you who had problems with the link earlier in the week. We have fixed those problems with the link.)
If
it seems that more products are being recalled these days, you're
right. So far this year, manufacturers have recalled an estimated 25
million dangerous toys, 60 million pounds of pet food and 1 million
pounds of spinach. And the numbers keep growing.
We've
launched the Corporate Safety Challenge to demand that corporations do
better. To join us in our campaign, click on the link below and then
forward this to your friends and family.
http://www.uspirg.org/action/product-safety/challenge?id4=ES
Sincerely,
Meshawn Ayala
Iowa PIRG Citizen Outreach Director
MeshawnA@iowapirg.org
http://www.IowaPIRG.org
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Monday, November 19
Sick and tired of recalls? Tell the companies responsible for them
by
Sam Garchik
on Mon 19 Nov 2007 12:26 PM CST
Wednesday, November 14
Iowa PIRG: Challenge Corporate America To Do Better
by
Sam Garchik
on Wed 14 Nov 2007 09:16 AM CST
Iowa PIRG: Challenge Corporate America To Do Better
By Meshawn Ayala, Iowa PIRG Citizen Outreach Director From toys to toothpaste to pet food to spinach and hamburger meat. I feel like you never quite know what you're going to get when you open your bag. We can't all hire our own toy-, food-, product-testers. And we can't have 1 person testing all our toys and 15 inspectors to cover ports across the country. That's why we're launching the Corporate Safety Challenge. Join us to challenge corporations to be proactive in ensuring the safety of their products instead of apologizing for recalls after the fact. Challenge our government to set better standards, hold companies accountable, and put enough cops on the product safety beat to get the job done. Click on the link below and then forward this to your friends and family: https://www.uspirg.org/action/product-safety/challenge?id4=ES Sincerely, Meshawn Ayala Iowa PIRG Citizen Outreach Director MeshawnA@iowapirg.org http://www.IowaPIRG.org |
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