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Movies making us fat
Nov 19th, 2009 - NY Daily News
The real drama in movie theaters these days isn’t happening on screen. It’s at the concession stand. When moviegoers plunk down the bucks for snacks at the nation’s...
Consumer group finds elevated BPA levels in range of foods
Nov 2nd, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Washington - A consumer advocacy group's analysis of canned goods has found measurable levels of the chemical additive bisphenol A, or BPA, across a range of foods...
Consumer group finds BPA in canned foods
Nov 5th, 2009 - seattlepi
Recent tests of canned food by Consumer Reports, a consumer testing organization, found that most of the 19 brand-name foods it examined contained some bisphenol A or BPA...
Fats cats stick it to Main Street yet again
Oct 18th, 2009 - BostonHerald
Outrage is brewing on Main Street at word that the Wall Street fat cats bailed out by taxpayers just a year ago are raking in $140 billion, even as average Americans lose jobs and struggle with soaring health-care costs...
Senator: Disparities in Medicare costs must end
Oct 16th, 2009 - MiamiHerald
Sen. Tom Harkin, leader of the powerful Senate Health Committee, said Friday that vast differences in Medicare costs -- as those that exist between the high-cost Miami and lower-cost areas -- must be ended to make for sensible healthcare reform.

Consumer Group videos from YouTube:

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Ned Hooper, Cisco SVP, Corp Dev and Consumer Group
Cisco SVP Ned Hooper talks about Q309 acquisition highlights, our build, buy, partner strategy and consumer. Created on May 1, 2009 using FlipShare.
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A Cerebral Palsy video blog from the Consumer Justice Group.
A paralegal and birth education teacher from the consumer justice group talks about cerebral palsy, its causes and effects in her first video blog.for more information, please visit our website.
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Hearing Aid Consumer Test Group
Consumer-based advice for those who need hearing aids
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Consumer Action Group and BBA on hardship cases and the bank charges waiver. - Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News - British Bankers Association and The Consumer Action Group discuss bank charges, the FSA waiver and the "hardship" exception. - 20th March 2009

Consumer Group from WikiPedia:

Consumer organizations are advocacy groups that seek to protect people from corporate abuse. Unsafe products, predatory lending, false advertising, astroturfing and pollution are all examples of corporate abuse.

Consumer organizations may operate via protests, campaigning or lobbying. They may engage in single-issue advocacy (e.g., the British Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), which campaigned against keg beer and for cask ale)[citation needed] or they may set themselves up as more general consumer watchdogs, such as the Consumers' Association in the UK.

One common means of providing consumers useful information is the independent comparative survey or test of products or services, involving different manufacturers or companies (e.g., Which?, Consumer Reports, etcetera).