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Consumers' Union
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Consumers' Union, product testing and rating organization founded (1936) to provide consumers with information and counsel regarding major retail goods and services. Through its monthly Consumer Reports (circulation c.4.5 million) and its Internet site (c.325,000 subscribers), the union reports on a diverse range of products, from major appliances and automobiles to health-care and family-planning aids. The organization, whose headquarters are in Yonkers, N.Y., also represents consumer interests at government hearings and at international meetings.


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Consumers Union has repeatedly called on FDA to ban the chemical from consumer products after a federal study showed 93 percent of Americans excrete some of the chemical in their urine, suggesting widespread and ongoing exposure.
The Cyprus Consumers Union calls attention to the fact that coffee can be purchased in the supermarket for between 75 cents and e1/44 a packet.
Realizing first hand that most clients have little knowledge of their rights and are ill equipped to handle collection harassment, the Consumers Union was designed to help debtors stand up to the creditors.
 
 
 
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