NCL'S 2002 NEWS RELEASES

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JANUARY 2002

NCL Testimony to FDA about OxyContin

Risky Business: Do Media Help or Hinder Consumers’ Assessment of Health Risks?

Symposium on Risk and the Media: Communicating Consumer Health and Safety Risk Agenda with links to transcripts of panels.

Natural or 'Plant-Derived' Labeling Can Mislead

• Read the Report (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click here to download).

NCL urges FDA to stop misleading labeling of dietary supplements

FEBRUARY 2002

Fraudulent Telemarketers Snatching Bank Account Numbers, National Fraud Information Center Stats Show

• Top Ten Telemarketing Frauds for 2001

NCL scrutiny on dietary supplement in infant formula

Letter to the Federal Trade Commission on alcohol advertising

MARCH 2002

APRIL 2002

Teens Seek Credit, Lack Education Survey Shows

Who's Responsible?

2002 National Conference Shopping for Values: Taking Action Toward Social Responsibility April 15-16 Arlington, Virginia

National Consumers League Names Minnesota Champs Consumer-Savviest Teens in U.S.  

MAY 2002

NCL Releases 2002's Five Worst Teen Jobs

• Press Release
• Read the full report

JUNE 2002

Internet Fraud Lurks in Your Inbox 

Invasion of the ID Snatchers

• Press Kit
  

JULY 2002

AUGUST 2002

Credit Card Scams Bump Prizes and Sweepstakes as #1 Telemarketing Fraud

Online Auction Fraud Skyrocketing in 2002

One in Four Telemarketing Victims Age 60 and Older

Chris Knight, TV's 'Peter Brady,' to Detail Personal Struggle with Attention Deficit Disorder

Americans Need Help Understanding AD/HD

SEPTEMBER 2002

NCL Testimony to the FDA about NSAIDs

OCTOBER 2002

NCL Praises New CDC Guideline on Hand Hygiene

Consumers Unaware of Medicine Cabinet Danger

• NCL's New OTC Pain Med Brochure: What Helps, What Hurts

• OTC Pain Meds Fact Sheet

• Read the Survey

NOVEMBER 2002

NCL Cautions FDA against Switching New Nonsedating Antihistamines to OTC Status

‘Tis the Season for “Cell”ebration : NCL Urges Consumers to Go Wireless Wisely This Holiday Season

DECEMBER 2002

Holiday Stress Leading to Ho-Ho-Headaches? Better Think Twice When Reaching for OTC Painkillers  

'Tis the Season for "Cell"ebration: NCL Urges Consumers to Go Wireless Wisely This Holiday Season

NCL Warns Consumers: Don’t Get Scrooged Shopping Online This Holiday Season  

Issue Dynamics’ Sam Simon Named New Chair of National Consumers League